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This volume is the first of a series of three volumes which
treat of the Egyptian Heaven and Hell, It contains the
complete hieroglyphic text of the Book Am-Tuat, with
translations, and reproductions of all the illustrations. A
series of Chapters dealing with the origin and contents of
Books of the Other World, with prefatory remarks, and a
full index to the whole work, will be found in the thii'd
volume.
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CONTENTS.
CHAP. , PAGE
The Book Am-Tuat : —
The Title of the Work .... 1
I. The First Division, or Western Vestibule, or
THE Tuat, called Net-Ea. With 8 Illus-
trations ........ 3
II. The Second Division of the Tuat, called
Urnes. Witb 11 Illustrations. . . .21
III. The Third Division of the Tuat, called Net-
neb-ua-kheper-aut. With 13 Illustrations . 44
IV. The Fourth Division of the Tuat, called
Ankhet-kheperu. With 7 Illustrations . . 62
V. The Fifth Division of the Tuat, called Ament.
With 8 Illustrations 85
VI. The Sixth Division of the Tuat, called
Metchet-mu-nebt-Tuat. With 19 Illustra-
tions 116
VII. The Seventh Division of the Tuat, called
Thephet-sheta. With 18 Illustrations . . 139
VIII. The Eighth Division of the Tuat, called
Tebat-neteru-s. With 17 Illustrations . . 161
IX. The Ninth Division of the Tuat, called Best-
aru-ankhet-kheperu. With 18 Illustrations. 186
VIll CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
X. The Tenth Division of the That, called Metet-
QA-UTCHEBU. With 22 Illustrations . . 207
XI. The Eleventh Division of the Tuat, called
Ee-en-qerert-apt-khatu. With 26 Illustra-
tions 232
XII. The Twelfth Division, or Eastern Vestibule,
of the Tuat, called Kheper-kekiu-khau-
mestu. With 13 Illustrations .... 256
EEEATA
P. 32, 1. 1, for "phallus" read "Ass" ; p. 60, 1. 13, for "Hon"
read "Hou"; i&id, 1. 19, for "confieh" read "coufieh"; p. 70,
1. 7, for 7^ read f^ ; p. 81, 1. 6, for "^^ ^""^ read
—kt H — —lL /\A/VW\
%s. ^X^^^^: p. 139, 1. 3, for "Thephet-Asar" read "Thephet-
shetat"; p. 256, 1. 3, for "Then-neteru" read " Kheper-kekiu-
khau-mestu."
THE BOOK AM-TUAT
THE TITLE OF THE WOKK
"The wkitings and the drawings of the hidden
"PALACE which APPEETAIN TO THE SOULS, AND THE
"GODS, AND THE SHADOWS, AND THE SPIRITS, WHICH
"COMPOSE THE BEGINNING OF THE HORN OF AmENT,
" OF THE HORIZON OF AmENT, [WHICH IS] THE UTMOST
" BOUNDARY OF THE THICK DARKNESS OF THE HORIZON OF
" AmENTET, CONTAINING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOULS
"of the tuat, and the knowledge of the secret
"Souls, and the knowledge of the doors and
"the ways through and on which the great god
"JOURNEYETH, and THE KNOWLEDGE OF ,
" AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF JHE HOURS AND OF THEIR
"GODS, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE JOURNEYINGS OF
" THE HOURS AND OF THEIR GODS, AND THE KNOWLEDGE
"OF THE FORMULAE [WHICH THEY SAY] TO El, AND
" THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPEECHES WHICH HE MAKETH
B
BOOK OF AM-TUAT — TITLE
"TO THEM, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GODS "WHO
" PKAISE HIM AND OF THOSE WHO EFFECT DESTRUCTION."
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CHAPTER I.
THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE TUAT,
WHICH IS CALLED NET-RA.
In the scene that ilhistrates the First Division of
the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god
during the First Hour, of the night, we see that the
centre of the middle section is divided lengthwise into
4 B.
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The Boat of Af, the dead Sun-j?od.
Maati goddesses. Neken-f .
two parts hy a river which Hows along it. In the
upper part is the boat of the dead Sun-god Af, [1 n ,
who is in the form of a ram-headed man ; he wears a
disk upon his head, and stands within a shrine in the
Sektet boat, i.e., the boat in which the god travels
4 BOOK OF AM-TUAT
from noon to sunset. In front of the shrine in the
boat stand the three deities, Ap-uat, \^ ^"^ , Sa,
, and the " Lady of the Boat," ^»^^ ,
who wears on her head a disk and horns. Behind the
shrine stand five gods, each having the head of a
man ; the names of the first four are Heru-Hekenu,
^ I '^, Ka-shu, U P , i.e., the " double of Shu,"
Nehes, r-j-i M, i.e., the " Look-out," and Hu, fi v^, and
the fifth is the Steersman Khekp, <=:> § q 'KinJ>_ .
On the high prow of the Sektet boat hangs an object
which is said to be a carpet by some, and a reed mat
by others, and on the side, near the curve of the prow,
is an utchat. In front of the boat march : —
1. The two goddesses Maat, the one representing
the South of Egypt, and the other the North.
AAAAAA ^-^
2. The god Nekent-f, ^:3^ , who holds a spear,
AAAAAA ^^~»
or knife, in his left hand.
3. The god Khenti AiiEKTET, bearded, and in
mummy form, and wearing the "White Crown and the
Menat.
4. The god Sekhet, or as it is written here Sekhmet,
lioness-headed.
n
5. The god Sehetch-ue, [i T ^^^ ^^j ram-headed.
6. Four Terms, the first of which is calledUx-METU-EA,
FIRST DIVISION — NET-RA
the second Ut-metu-Tem, { 11 | "y^
Jejuni'
the third Ut-metu-Khepeea, i I J! "vj^ ^ ^ , and the
fourth Ut-metu-Asar, { I I "v^ ^ n .
7. The leader of the company, who is called TcHA-
UNNUT, A ^^ '^^ ^ ^ ; by his side is a serpent,
called Sa (?), that stands on his tail.
The sorts Khenti-Amentet, Sekhet, Sehet-cli-iir, the Four Terms, anfi
Tcha-Uiiniit.
This scene is explained by the horizontal line of
inscription written above it, and the hieroglyphic text,
based on the editions of Lef^bure and ChampoUion,
reads : —
AAA/WA
AA/\AAA
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/VWvAA
c ^ AA/WV\
7^
/^/^AA/V\
ywwNA
AAAAAA
BOOK OF AM-TUAT
U III <^^ i^^ III AAA/W^
"The name of this Field is 'Maatl' This god
"arriveth in the Sektet Boat, he maketh a way
" through the Court of this city, which is two hundred
" and twenty measures in length, which he travelleth
" through to Urnes. He passeth through the water,
" which is three hundred measures in extent, and he
" bestoweth the fields upon the gods who follow him.
" Xet-Ea is the name of this Field, Arxebaui is the
" name of the guardian [of this Field]. This god
" beginneth to declare in this region the words which
"perform the destinies (0 of those who are in the
" Tuat."
In the lower part of the middle section of the scene
we have another boat, in the centre of which is a
beetle; on one side of the beetle is a god with his
knees in the direction of the prow of the boat, but
having his head turned behind him and his hands
raised in adoration of tlie beetle, and on the other
is a god who also has his hands raised in adoration
of the same object. The legend reads ^ U , ie-,
" the coming into being of Osiris " ; as the boat has
® D
1 For <;2> llieper en.
FIRST DIVISION — NET-RA
no reecl mat or carpet hanging from the prow,
we may assume that it is intended to represent
the Atet or Matet Boat, i.e., the boat in which the
Sun-god travelled over the sky from sunrise to noon.
The Boat of tlie Birth of Osiris, with serjDents and gotls.
In front of the boat glide three serpents, which are
called Sek-re, R ^ ^~^ , Sefa, u , and Nepen,
/VWAAA
D , and in front of these march four man-headed
A/WVV\
r,4i^SH^
B —~
LMnl, ii
11 (1 A *i liilvi
Gods in the procession or the Boat of the Birth of Osiris.
gods and two hawk-headed gods, each with a serpent
in his left hand, a god called Nabti, /wwv\ ¥ J "^^ who
holds a crook j in each hand, Net, or Neith, goddess
BOOK OF AM-TUAT
of the South, Net, or Neith, goddess of the North, and
the goat goddess Artet, <=> ^rf . The two hawk-
headed gods are called Tchatui, | <=i ^ \\ , and
Meti, I on , and the four following gods Abenti,
Sekhet (?), — *-
filHl ni. ninl fi
The explanation of this scene is given by the
horizontal line of hieroglyphic text written above it,
which reads : —
ii<^=> 11 /ww^^ ^y\ I ■& II I I
<=:> III ^ ^ D D <
I A I
AA/Vv/>A M y ij \ D AWW\ "^ ^ M /VVVWk fl A f|
I "^ I ^^ 1 L_ —J § 1 I I '^ I <- ' ^ I '•^ I I I '*^ i /WWAA 1 1
-<2>-
" [The god cometh to] this Court, he passeth through it
" in the form of a ram, and he maketh his transformations
"therein. After he hath passed through this Court,
" the dead who are in his following do not [go with
" him], but they remain in this Court, and he speaketh
THE NINE APES AND TWELVE GODDESSES Q
"words unto the gods who are therein. If copies of
" these things be made according to the ordinances of
" the hidden house, and after the manner of that which
"is ordered in the hidden house, they shall act as
" magical protectors to the man who maketh them."
In the upper register are the following : —
I. Nine apes, who are described as " the gods who
open the gates to the Great Soul," 1 ' ^ ^^\
lllllllll '^ I o-=> .
i;__D /www (<^^ , Their names are : — 1. Un-ta,
■^^ -nnmn- ___^ ^ ^ Ba-ta, "i^ | === . 3. Maa-en-Ea,
^^^ 0. 4. Abta, q 1 <==>. 5. Ababen, ^ ^^^v^.
A^A/w\ O 1 ^ vA
G. Aken-ab, [I AAAAAA . 7. Bentii, J ]i • 8. Afa,
(j ^^.=^ (1 . 9. Tciiehtcheh, °*^ I '^ I •'
II, Twelve divine beings, who are described as the
" goddesses who unfold the portals in the earth," | ^
Their names are : — 1. Qat-a,
VA
I s
I I I
^'k'^l'T"- 2- Nebt-meket, Y^
3. Sekhit, ^ (1(1^. 4. Ament-uet, fl^^^^,
1 The variants are:— 1. ^^. 2. 1^'!^^===. 3,
o
o
lO
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5. Sheftu, ^^ "v\ ]
7. Hekent-em-sa-s, g ^^^ ;
EM-KHU-S, A
I
6. Een-thethen,
-^. 8. Qat-
. 9. Sekhet-em-
KHEFTIU
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/^M
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Y
ri ,f. + ^
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The nijie Ape-warders.
The twelve goddesses of the gates.
Each goddess stands with her arms hanging by her
sides.i
' The variants are : — 1.
\
. 5. ^^. 0
'. 10. f-. 11. I -j..
FIRST DIVISION — NET-RA II
III. Nine seated guds, each with his hands raised in
adoration of Ka ; they are called the " gods who praise
Ra," 1 ' ^ flf] % ' ®- The first three are nian-
'headed, and are called Hetch-a, 0 ^^ - a , Maa-a,
, and Hes-a, fi 0 °j ^li^ second three are jackal-
V y c—^"^
headed, and are called Neb-ta-tesher, 113a r^^^^ ,
Ap-uat, \/ ^-^ , and Ap-sekhemti, \^ Y I "^5 ^^^^
the third three are crocodile-headed, and are called
TciiAT-TuAT, I "^ o J^, Seki, -^ hU yA? '^^^'-^
HEA, Y
Sekhem-hea, y ^ ;
1
1
IV. Twelve divine beings, in the form of women,
who are described as " the goddesses who gnide the
great god," j ^ 1 "^^ ^ ^ ^ I ,., • Their names
are: — 1. Tentenit, ^^^^ (1(1 .=> ^. 2. Sbai,
PJ *^^1 *• ^- Mat-nefeeu-neb-set,-^ J^l^^.
4. Kiiesefet-smatet, ^yj . ^ . X ^ ' rjj • ^^- Khuai,
■^X^* ^- MaKET-AKI-S, n
7. Urt-amt-Tuat, ^^^ "^ O
h- ^ .8. Her-ab-uaa-
1 The variants are:—!. 0- D. 2. ,====^. 3. V 0. 4.^
- 12 BOOK OF AM-TUAT — FIRST DIVISION
SET, <^ 2 ^^. 9. Mesperit, I
10. ushem - hat - kheftiu - s, "^^
11. Sheset-kee^-maket-neb-s, ^^"W^
12. Teset-tesheeu, ^^ ^^^ '^^ \ /
The nine praisers of.Rf.. The^twelve ?ofldesses>ho guitle Ra.
In the lower register are the following : —
I. Nine seated apes, who are described as the " c^ods
' The vnriauts are : — 1.
L_/W\A/\A /VJ\AA/^•,
q^-.pjqq;.
3.
i^- "-^
^=^
-i-
^ o
^ . 10. '% ^ =^ ^ ' • "-3^
12.
1^^
NINE APES AND TWELVE FIERY SERPENTS I3
I
who sing to Ka as he entereth into the Tuat," |
fi 0 " (1 (1 ^ AAAAAA ^ j\ ic Q . Their names are : —
1. Am-KAR, (1 h]- "^ t^^« 2. KlIENTI-SHE-F, rjTV.
^ \\
^. 3 HEN, ill ^If. 4. HEKEN-
EM-BEN-F, § ^^ J '''''^ fl . 5, 6 7. HeTHTI,
ra
. 8. Pa-theth,
III! :^^ <i 0 = " I "^ M.JT O "^^^ . * =^ I fill
n
,^'
c^
51 L
u
fl
A
IL'
^ IS
Ami
t t
The nine singing apes.
The t^velve hght-giving uraei.
II. Twelve' serpents, who throw fire forth from their
mouths, and are described as " those who make light
1 The variants are :— 1. ^hLJ- "*• A' J * ^'^
Diimichen's edition (pi. iii.) three of the apes are called Besi,
jn (1(1, TUAI, ^ [j(], aud Abti,
14 BOOK OF AM-TUAT — FIRST DIVISION
the darkness in the Tuat." Their names are : — 1. Besit,
4. KhUT-MU, ^ciAAAAAA. 5. HeSEQ - KHEFTI - SET,
X I 2^^=^ . 6. Nefekt-kha, 1 <=> Q . 7. Mert-
NESEK, I ^ ^l||- ^-l^EHENT, Jl ^ Q^ •
9. Ap-she, \/nwn. 10. Nesekt, "^"^ "^^"^ [i •
11. Ap-ast, V j] n • 1^- Shenit, I (1(| ^.1
III. Nine man-headed gods, with their hands raised
in adoration, who are described as the "gods who
praise [Ra], , . . the lord of the company of the gods,"
'y-''^ 9 I I ^ (1 Wii^ 1 1 1 fjf • Their names are : —
I I I I I I - iiiMe ^ III SiJ
1. Ka-Tuat, ^ ^. 2. Hetem-ab, ? o r f^^ tft.
3. Aka, (] <=> (] \. 4. Aau, (1 "^ %^ . 5. Hemhem,
rO ra. 6. Ka-.\eteeu, U il^. 7. TuATI,^^\.
8. Hekennu - Ea, 5 ^^ J O . 9. Aa - atei;, ^^
I] AAAAAA ,
1 *^^ — --^ /-AyyVs^
1 The variants are :— 1. 1 I (1 [1 Ci . 4. /^ ^^AAA^ . 5. ft I
^O I I 1 AAAAA^ A. I
THE PRAISERS OF RA
15
to Ila as he passeth over Uknes," H
IV. Twelve goddesses, with their arms hanging by
their sides, who are described as " those who give praises
^ A — D rn ji I
P AAAAAA ) I
. .. ^ D U I
<=r> _f__ D (= ^^ "~*!~' Their names are : — 1. Maa-
NETER - s, ^^J? in. 2. Art - neter - s, (j '^ ] 1 1 .
3. Hekent, § AAAAAA . 4. Net, A^^AAA , 5. Apert-re,
©;;;
:r-
O Ml --^
b^
'^ ;ir
ktl
'9 "3
J. J.
irii
frff
The nine praisers of Ra.
D
The twelve goddesses who sing to Ra.
). Ab, tt; J . 7. Nebt-iiet, TT <=^ .
8. Hra-seni(?), "^n'™ 9. Tefnut,
10. Nutet, ©
11. Ame^s'T, ^ " . 12. AsT, r c..
i The variants are : — 1.
V- -'^
I
10. ^. 11.
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BOOK OF AM-TUAT — FIRST DIVISION
The address which the Sun-god makes to the gods in
the First Division of the Tuat reads •} —
li^W1in-|]-
^ D
— „ — lllllllll ,^^,w\ ^ I 1 I I I I lUlMI
I 1 AAAAAA
I I I I I I ^
J\
^^'
[l^i]
/V\AAAA g t I
I 1 1 /WWv\ I
I I I
I
e
Q.^^
lllllllll
fl Nsr\f'iw
I I I I
JAAA/W\ JQ
I CZHZl I I I
^ w
' See Lefebiire, op. cii., part iv., pi. 28, aud Bescrijition de
VMgypte, torn, v., pi. 41, uo. 5.
ADDRESS OF RA TO THE GODS
17
AAA/vNA ^ ~, AA^AAA
-<g>- i^^j^^ I •
/wvvv\ X
/\AA/^V\ /W^/Vv
AA/WV\
I I I
1 /WWVA ^^ ri I 1 /WWSA ^^\ Q
U I I I -Msr rU I I I I I I _^ A
n ^^^ AAAAAA
I I I I I III <=^ ^ <=>
LcM^J 111 I I I I
o
AV\AA^ H
— « AA/V^A
1
A/^A^v^A
lllllllll v_^ T [aaaaaa
3D
lllllllll
-nnnir L © J <P> r? of
[|]J
A.WSAA,
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f^^^ra^ys?^
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m
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A AWW\ <;;2I> Ci i^ 1
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i:i
ooD
V
A/^A^^^ aaaaaa
U /^^WA
mi
1
I 1 1
AA/vvN I A^/^AA^ "
^ A
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^
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A
iBHlP
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I I I iJirT] ^ D ill!
I (2 III
V 111- — oq D <0.
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^ III ^ III
The Majesty of this god standeth up after he hath
taken up his position in this Court, and he addresseth
words to the gods who are therein, saying, " Open_ye to
" me your doors, and let me come into your Courts !
" Give ye light unto me, and make ye yourselves guides
" to me, 0 ye who came into being from my members,
" my word hath gone forth to you. Ye are made of my
" bodies, I have made you, having fashioned you of my
" soul. I have created you, I have made you by means
ADDRESS OF THE GODS TO RA IQ
" of my enchantments, [and] I have come to avenge
" myself the blood of my members which have risen up
" against me, and I will bring to destruction that which
" hath been made for it. I will make perfect with the
" of my forms Osiris Khenti Amenti. Open
" to me the doors with your hands, 0 ye Apes, unfold
" to me the portals of the Courts, 0 ye Apes, [and
" welcome] the gods (or, goddesses) who have come
" into being from my divine Souls, come ye into being,
"come ye into being for(?) Khepera, 0 ye who have
" your being at the head of the Tuat. Stand ye up, in
" Urnes, and stablish ye yourselves on the secret banks
" thereof, and work ye for the gods of Tuat in the
" Court which ye guard, possess ye your plans in your
" seats, in your domains and in your fields."
The gods of this Court say unto Ea, " 0 great god,
" [the doors] are opened to thee, and the portals of the
" secret Ament are thrown open before thee, the doors
"of Nut the great are thrown wide open, illumine
" thou the darkness of night (or, thick darkness),
" provide for that which is in the place of destruction,
" and approach thou in thy name of Ea the place where
" is Osiris Khenti Amenti. There is a shout of joy
" to Ea at the entrance to the doors of the earth (?).
" Praise be to thee and make thou perfect the light, and
" enter thou [in through the habitations] of the Great
" Country. The Apes (amhenti) open the doors to thee,
" the Apes (amhetetu) unfold to thee the portals, the
" serpents sing and exalt thee, and the divine serpents
20 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT — FIRST DIVISION
"ligliteu thy darkness for thee O Ea, the
"goddess of the hour cometh to thee, the two SoUL-
" Goddesses tow thee along in thy form, and thou
" takest up thy position on the ground of the Field of
" [this] land. Thou hast taken possession of the night,
"and thou wilt bring in the day, and [thou] dost
" likewise make long the hours, and thy boat cometh
" to rest. Thou seizest the grain of the god Henbet
"in thy secret place (?) ISTet. Thou openest Net-Ea,
" thou uncoverest the god Tcheba, the uraeus goddesses
" (neterit) of Urnes acclaim thee, the uraeus goddesses
"(nehenuit) ascribe praise to thee, thy word is madt
"against thine enemies, thou givest tribulations to
" those who are condemned."
The Majesty of this god uttereth words after he hath
come forth into this Court, he doeth battle at the
fortifications thereof, the doors of this [Court] are
strong, saying, " Shut [your doors] by your bolts.
" Come ye to me, advance ye to me, make ye your way
" [to me], and ye shall abide in your place ; take ye up
" your stand on the banks of the stream [U rnes]."
This great god passeth them by, and they (i.e., the
gods) wail when he hath gone by them in the Field of
Uenes. [The goddess of] the hour who guideth [this
great god] through this Court is " Ushe.m-hat-kheftiu-
nu-Ea."
( 21 )
CHAPTER 11.
THE SECOND DIVISION OF THE TUAT,
WHICH IS CALLED UENES.
In the scene that ilhistvates the Second Division of
the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god
^ A 4 ^
The Boat of At" in tho Second Hour.
during the Second Hour of the niuht, the Boat of the
Rani-lieaded god Af is seen making its way along the
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stream which Hows, as before, through the division
lengthwise; the crew consists of the same gods, and
they occupy the same positions in the boat as they did
in the First [Division. It is, however, important to
notice that immediately in front of Ap-uat we see two
serpents, which are called Isis and IsTephthys respec-
tively, J] rj, occupying the front of the boat. No
carpet or mat hangs over the bows of the boat, and the
utchat is not represented on its side ; the boat moves
over the waters by means of some power exerted either
by itself or by some of the gods who stand in it. In
front of the boat of Af the way is led by a procession
of four boats, which are moved, presumably, by the
same power which moves the boat of Ka.
The FIRST BOAT has ends which terminate in bearded
human heads, and its celestial and solar character is
attested by the sign for "heaven," i^^^^, and the utchat
'^^, with which its sides are ornamented. The object
of this boat is to support the disk of the full moon,
which rests within a crescent upon a support divided
into thirteen sections, each typifymg a day ; thus the
full moon as it appears on the fourteenth day of the
month is here represented. By the disk kneels a god
who is " supporting Maat," r^*^ /-.--S. K ^ , which is
symbolized by a feather, and is described by the word
Maat, ^^ , written between it and the support
of the moon's disk. In the mutilated text above the
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23
boat it is saitl that " this great god approacheth this
" region, and he is conveyed along in the boats of the
"earth, by means of their , and he paddleth
" along through this Field and \ittereth words,"
Pp^^i D V?'^
/AAAAA O
5S
\S\ _/ J ftAAAAA
■ Jl III I I I
^ V
1^-
The Boat of tlio Fall Moon.
The name of the fore part of the boat appears to be
UiiEi;, <=!:=> ^^„^, and in front of the boat is written
>^;
Chief of the gods of the Tuat,"
1 Var. |_j i^
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the hieroglyphics above the full moon read [1 V:^ g
nH ^^ ) ^^^^^ those above the stern of the boat
read, "Field of him that beareth up Uknes,"
,-T-.^ AAAAAA
\>
The ends of the second boat likewise terminate in
|l ^r^iri
B _
The Boat of the goddess Hathor.
bearded human heads, but each is surmounted by a
pair of plumes. In the centre of the boat, between
two goddesses, stands a huge sistrum, which is the
symbol of the goddess Hathor, and indicates that the
boat is that of Hathor, or of Hathor-Isis. In the
fore part of the boat is a beetle, which is described
as " This great god Neper," j -tJ D
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25
Above the goddess to the left of the sistnun are
written the words, " their boats send forth their words,"
I I I M I i Jr .^f
front is written V\ [1
"^^^-^^i over the plumed head in
III' ^
I I I
t
, and over
that at the other end of the boat, " Osiris^crieth to it,"
i ra
The Boat of the Lizard-god.
JA <zr> . On the side of the boat are the
-1-* M
signs "^^^^ and F=q ,
The prow of the third boat is surmounted by a
crown of tlie South, and the stern by a crown of the
North, and between the two sceptres, ()(), which
syml:)olize the gods Anpu and Ap-uat, i.e., the jackal-
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headed gods of the South and North, is a huge lizard,
from the back of which spring the head of Osiris and
a White Crown. On the side of the boat are the signs
'^^ and f=^. Above the crown of the North is
the legend U-ue, V^ -^ ^=:f , \vhich, howe\'er, probably
refers to the sceptre near it ; above the lizard we have
"^ re n ~\
A^AA^^
The Boat of the (.Train-god Neper.
I , abo^'c the foremost sceptre,
, and immediately in front is /ww^ ^
and under the front of the lioat is | ^ .
I 111^ \\
The prow and stern of the fourth boat terminate in
heads of uraei, eaeli of which is turned towards the
m
THE SECOND DIVISION — URNES 27
deity who is kneeling iii the middle of the hoat. In the
centre kneels a woman without arms, and Ijefore and
behind her stands a man, who is likewise without arms.
At each end of the Ijoat grows a plant or, perhaps, a
large ear of wheat, which indicates that the boat is
that of the form of Osiris as the god of vegetation,
who is known by the name Neper. The legend by
the ear of corn in the front of the boat reads, " the boat
which conveyeth Neper," (1 IjrS, N^ '^— '^ A^^^AA j| ^
and that by the ear in the stern, " collector (?) of
herbs and plants," [ "^^ '^ \\ V\ x^'^ ^'
The deity in the boat, or the boat itself perhaps, is
called Hept-mena-f-tua-uaa-f, k 0 i (1 \ ^^
C^^fl^^^. This boat is the boat of the uwl
Neper, the god of grain, and a form of Osiris as the
god of vegetation ; it may be noted that its side has no
utchat '^^ upon it.
In the upper register are : —
1. A bearded god, with a phallus in the form of a
knife, called AsT Netcii-t, [U^ | ^^ , or, r ^ 'y ^ ,
i.e., " Isis, the avengeress."
2. A god of similar form and attribute called Seb-
Qenbeti, "^^ 1 ]( 3 , i.e., " Seb of the two
_/j" «fill A/yWW rfCj \\ LI
corners."
3. A ram-headed god, with a similar attribute, called
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^
Khnemu Qenbeti, Pj c=^ , i.e., " Khnemu of the two
corners."
4. An ibis-headed god, with a similar attribute,
/2 <Ql ® n
called Tehuti-her-khent-f, «, >^ ^^ ^^-^^^ /^\ '^"=^?
i.e., " Thoth on his steps."
5. An ape-headed god, with a similar attribute,
called Afu-iiek-khext-f, [1 %. <rr> aaa^a^ J ^^^=^ ,
i.e., " Afu on his steps."
^^^MiMMMISMlMSSSM^
Second Hour. Upper Register. Gods Nos. 1—7.
6. Lioness-headed deity, with a similar attribute,
called Ketuit-tent-ba,
O ^5^
^'?>^
'h
i.e., " Cutter of the soul."
All the above gods are in mummied form, and
occupy chairs of state.
7. A god standing upright, and holding a hlierp
sceptre or weapou, 8, in his left hand; he is called
Sekhem-a-kiieftiu
THE SECOND DIVISION — URNES
■?
Ill
29
i.e., " Over-
comer of the power of the enemy."
8. A hawk -headed god, with a iiraeus on his head,
called Heru-Tuat, v\ ^, i.e., "Horns of the Tnat."
9. A god, who holds a knife in his left hand, and
has his right raised to strike ; he is called Seben-hesq-
KHAIBITU
'PJ'^i A ^T
\m 2
Secnnil Hour. Upper Register. Gocls N<is. 8— 15.
10, 11. Two ape-headed gods, called respectively
, and Aana, M /wwva .
12. A god with the head of a hawk and the head of
an animal, i.e.. Set and Heru-ur, who is here called
" He of the two faces," "^ ^ w .
13, 14. The crook of Osiris, ^ '^^^^ H 3 ,
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aud the upper half of a serpent called Met-en-Asak,
i.e., " staff of Osiris."
15. The term of Osiris facing a deity with the head
of a lioness, who is called Sesent-khu, 7^
i.e., " Terrifier of spirits."
IG — 18. Three goddesses, each of whom has a sceptre
in her left hand, and a uraeus on her head ; their names
B "
Secoad Hour. Upper Register. Gods Nos. 16—21.
are : — ]\Iest-s-tcheses, ITI —'*— /5T\ i "^ " , Amama
KHEFTIU,
, and Hert-Tuati,
I I I
19—21. The goddesses SEKHET,of Thebes, 'Y' J 'I ^,
Am - tcheeu,
B
M\'
1 <=::>, and Xet-TEPT-ANT
AmEXT - NEFERT
■y-v^
THE SECOND DIVISION — URNES 3I
In the lower register are the following :—
1. A god, standing, called Nebaui, J [j ^ \\ [|,f|,-
2 — 4. Three gods, each of whom has two ears of corn
stuck in his hair ; these are called Besua, J -^5
Neper, ^^ ^ , and Tepu (?), ^^ (or, Pan, Q (1 /vw^^ .
5 — 7. Three gods, each holding an ear of wheat in
Second Hour. Lower Reonster. Gods Nos. 1—8.
his left hand ; their names are Hetch-a, T O]) , Ab,
Jf
, and Nepen, d .
AA/WV\
8. A god, holding a knife in his left hand, called
Ar-ast-neter, k n | i .
9 — 11. Three gods, seated, in mummy forms. The
first has the head of a horned animal, and is called
Amu-aa,
^
(=u)
, i.e., " the Eater of the
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phallus " ; the second has the head of a man, and is
called ^g^ ^-=> J (1 (1 ^ ^ , Akhabit ; and the third
lias the head of a jackal, and is called !N"ebt-ta-
TCHESEE, C^:C^.
12. The -od OsiPJS Un-xefee, i ^T"^^^,
in mummy form, wearing the crown of the South.
13. The god Khui, ''^, ? M. who holds in each
hand a long lotus-topped sceptre surmounted by a star.
'Mil f Met- 1
i.f. ilirr
Second Hour. Lower Register. Gods Xos. 9 — 15.
14. The two-headed god (Horus-Set ?) called Hra-f-
A-r, ^ ^.
15. The god Heru-hen, V ^. .
16. 17. Two gods, each holding in his left hand the
sign of life inverted; their names are HuN, fi ^ "^^j
and Hetchetchtu, ft o^^ ^ Vi> .
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33
18 — 20. Three gods, each holding a palm branch ;
their names are Neha, % [1 (or, IsTareh, "^ <=> X Q?) ) ,
Makhi, ^ (1 M , and Eenpiti, ^/^wva \\ j j .
21. A god, who holds a knife in his left hand, and is
called Afau,^^^^.
22. A god, holding in his hand the symbol of "year,"
i , who is called Fa-ar-tru, ^l^^"^^ QO V 1 " '
J /frrtES-^c^ul flares. I -f ^R <^^^ ..'.^^-t;
Second Hour. Lower Register. Gods Nos. 16 — 22.
The text referring to the gods in the upper register
reads : —
A .^ J\
A'VWW <- .-* _Zi V I I I -ZT^^ T -11 ^N\N\r^ 1 AV^WS ^^ _Zi
^n-
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/WW\A/\ AA/NAAA
I I
f^
I V
I I I
0
I I I
^^i^i^rr^^
<::^ b -^^ O 1 I I 5>=
ra
s
"^=1
1
(]^_.ra-^
I I I
V
:^k°^11^Jlii
^ ^ D a
7i Ji
I I I I
1^
I I I
^i^T^^l.^
cr^i a,
I I ', ©
^ ^ w
ra
(\yx£)
" [Those who are in this picture] praise this great
" god_ after he hath come forth to them, and behold, it
" is their words which lead him to them ; they lament
" when he hath passed onwards, having spoken words
" to them. Behold, these gods are they who make the
" words of those who are upon earth to reach [the god],
" and it is they N\ho make soids to approach their forms.
" Their work consisteth in causing to come into being
" the offerings of the night, and in performing the
THE SECOND DIVISION — URNES
35
" overthrow [of enemies] at tlieir hour. It is they who
" guard the day, and who l)ring on the night until this
" great god cometh forth from out of the thick dark-
" ness to repose in this Court of the eastern horizon of
"heaven. They cry out in lamentation to this great
"god, and they utter wailings for him after he hath
" passed by them. Those who know them shall come
"forth by day, and he shall be able to journey
" during the niglit to the divisions of the great double
"city."
The texts which descrilje the duties of the grxls in
the lower register read : —
1
D
I I
D
^
1 I t -U- Jr' [^ ^ /) I
I I I
VS\ ^"^ AA/SA/\A IJ v\ 'l I I A'A/V\/\\ I^
I I I I y
\., H A/WW\
A/WW\
I I I
^WSAA _
k^
III I I I Tjz::: i
\
I j^
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I I
lf{
t
A^-vyvN I
/Vs/WV\ I
I I I
it^a™^.
-T^ 0=3 1 D ^
^ D D I
" [Those who are in this picture give imto this great
god the seasons] and the years which are in their
hands. When this great god hath made speech with
them, they answer him, and they have life through
the voice of this great god, and their throats draw in
breath, for when lie crieth to them he ordereth them
■ what they are to do, and he appointeth to them green
■ herbs in abundance in their field. And they supply
■ with the green herbs of Urnes the gods who are in
• the following of Ra, and they make offerings of water
' to the spirits by the command of this great god, and
' they kindle flames of fire in order to burn up the
' enemies of Ra, and there is wailing to them, and they
'lament after this great god hath passed them by.
' Am-nebaui is the guardian of this Field ; whosoever
' knoweth [this] is in the condition of a spu'it equipped
' with [words of power], and [the gods] protect [him]."
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37
The five lines of text which contain the address of
the gods to Ea, and the answer of the god, read : —
n—^ fi q 11! tk 1^7^ I ® q D -^ A *<-=^ ^^
Blilllllll V^ '""^^ AA^NA 0 ■'^^ ~
I— 1 N\r\l\N\ I — 1
Q. I
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raq^i:^
ra
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Sf^^D^ll^
I i I
^^%^'
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^
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^ A/W\AA H 1
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D ^ W O 1
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^^
mm
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J\
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Tniirarlll ^ JT I 11 II II s
A^AAA^ AAAAAA A^^AAA
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9-1111
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I U ^ A.WWV A'WWV 2^ I ^ fl n fl □ 'V\ rJT
(S
£J^^
H D ^ WVWV C^ Ja*^ ^ H O
The gods of the Tuat speak to this great god as he
entereth iu with understanding to the boundary, and
he is borne over Net-Ea into Urnes, saying, "Hail,
" thou who risest as a Mighty Soul (Kha-ba-aa), who
" hast received [the things which belong to] the Tuat,
" Af, thou guardian of heaven thou livest, 0
"Ar, in Ta-teseet. Come thou, and cast thou thine
" eye in thy name of Living One, Khepera, at the head
" of the Tuat. Traverse thou this Field, 0 thou who
" hast might, bind thou with fetters the Hau serpent,
"and smite thou the serpent Neha-hra. There is
" rejoicing in heaven, and there are shouts of gladness
" upon the earth at the entrance of thy (literally, his)
" body. He who shineth sendeth forth light, and the
" Uru gods give light [at dawn ; destroy thou] the
THE SECOND DIVISION — URNES 4I
" darkness which is in Ament in thy name of Sekhee-
" SHETAU-UK-A, illumine thou the thick darkness, 0 Af.
" His jawbones are to him, and Ka taketh up his
" position in Ament. Thy boat is to thee, and it is thy
"right, thou art guided along, and those who convey
" thee over the water and who dwell in the earth make
"calamities to come upon Apep straightway on thy
"behalf. Thy protector is the Star-God (Sba), thou
"art praised and adored, thy soul passeth on, thou
" goest onward and thy body is equipped with power,
" and the regions (?) are opened [to thee]. The doors
"of the hidden land are opened [before thee], Osmis
"cometh unto thee, Osiris avengeth thee, and thy
"word is madt against thy enemies. Thou goest to
"rest, thou goest to rest in Ament, and thou comest
" into being in the form of Khepera in the East."
This great god sendeth forth words to the gods who
dwell in the Tuat and to those who inhabit Urnes,
saying, " Open ye your hidden doors so that the god
" Af may look [upon you] and may throw aside your
" darkness, and that ye may draw your water from
" Urnes, and your bread from , and that wind
" may come to your nostrils, and that ye may not be
" destroyed and overcome by your own foul odour, and
" that ye may not be choked by your own dung, and
" that ye may untie and cast away your swathings, and
" that ye may lift up your legs and walk upon them,
" and that ye may stretch out your arms, and that your
"souls may nut be made to remove themselves from
42 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
"you. 0 ye who live in your forms, and who utter
" your words of magical power, who are provided with
"your swords [whereby] ye may hack in pieces the
" enemies of Osiris, whose seasons are permanent, whose
"years are well established, who pass your state of
" being [in] your hours, who dwell in youi' estates, who
"have your barley in your bread cakes, who have
"loaves of bread made of the grain which is yours,
" whose word is mafd, depart from my boats, and
"retreat before [my] images, [that I] may vivify
" anew this your Field, the Field living ones.
" [My] soul is among you who have done
" battle on my behalf, who have protected me against
" Apep, who have life through my soid, who have being
" through my bodies, who stablish your seats of holiness
"which have been decreed to you that ye may exist
" therein, [who are with your souls] by day, w^ho are in
" my following in the Tuat, when I make my way
" through the night and when I destroy the darkness,
" 0 grant me your help so that I may travel on in the
" following of my eye, and that I may journey forwards
" with those who go to my place in the East. Utter
" ye cries of joy, 0 gods of the Tuat, for I avenge you,
" [utter ye cries of joy,] for I order yom- destinies."
When they have addressed this god whilst rowing
along his boat Am-ta, they cry out, and they brmg him
to rest in the Field of the Nepektiu gods w^ho are in
the following of Osiris. If these scenes be done [in
writing] according to the similitudes which are in the
THE SECOND DIVISION — URNES 43
hidden place of the palace, and if a man hath know-
ledge of [these] words .... they shall act as magical
protectors of a man upon earth, regularly, unfailingly,
and eternally. The name of this hour is Sesilet-
MAKET-NEB-S.
( 44 )
CHAPTEE III.
THE THIRD DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH
IS CALLED NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT.
In the scene which ilhistrates the Third Division of
the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god
The Boat of Af, the dead Sun-god, iu the Third Hour.
during the Third Houe of the night, we see the boat
of the god making its way over the waters of the river
THIRD DIVISION — NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 45
in the underworld. The dead Sun-god Af stands
within a shrine in the form of a ram-headed man, as
before, but there is a change in the composition of the
crew, which now consists only of four mariners, two of
whom stand before the shrine and two behind, and the
goddess of the hour and a hawk-headed deity, one of
The Boat which capsizeth.
the forms of Horns, who is occupied in tying loops of
rope to the elongated hawk-headed rowlocks in which
the paddles may be worked. The boat of Af follows
in the train of three lioats, which may be thus
described : —
The foremost boat is called Uaa-Penat, >ca^ ^^^^^ ,
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i.e., " The boat which capsizeth " ; it contains three hawk-
headecl forms of the god Horns, and is steered by two
male figures, wh(j stand one in the bows and the other
at the stern. In the middle of the boat stand the
hawk-god Bak, J [| ^n:^ , and the hawk -goddess Baket,
j [1 , and behind them, standing on a snake, is the
The Boat of Rest.
third form of Horns. Between the front steersman
and Baket is the serpent Teka-hra, l < [1 "^^ i-^-,
"Fiery face," and the aft steersman bears a name of
similar meaning, Nab-hra, A J 11 T*
The second boat is called Uaa-herer, ItnJ <=> ,
THIRD DIVISION — NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 47
i.e., "The boat of Best," and has in the middle an
Osiris god in the form of a mummy ; each end of the
boat terminates in the liead of a cynocephalus, and it is
steered by two beings, one of whom is called Tesem-hra-f,
He whose face is like a knife,"
The Boat of the Branch.
i.e., " The ferryman who resteth not." The Osiris god
stands between two gods, one of whom is called Au-matu,
f^ ^^ ^ , and the serpent which stands on its tail
between the steersman in the bows and the first god is
called Set-em-iira-f,
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The third boat is called Pa-khet, ax^ , i.e.,
" The Branch," and each end terminates in the head of
a lion. In the middle of it stands the form of Osiris,
who is called Shefshef, ^ , and he wears on his
head a pair of ram's horns ; his arms and the upper
The Four Forms of Osiris.
portion of his body are swathed. Behind him stands
the muimnied form called Am-ta, l\-\\- , and before
hhn the god Keb-uast, ^37 -^01. Of the two
steersmen, only the name of the second, Khex, or
Khenxu, W ^ V , is given : the name of the serpent
THIRD DIVISION — NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 49
which stands on its tail is Set-em-maat-f,
The procession of boats is met by four forms of
Osiris, who stand with the upper portion of their bodies
swathed. Their names are: — 1. Neb-net, /wwva ^vsa^/vn .
^ 1 'vAA^AA
2. Meni, nn. 3. Ai;i-tcheeu, ^£"^^^11.
4. Maa-tcheru, ^"^ ^ '^
The text written above the boats reads :-
y\
1
□ ^^
^A^ —
D ^
/■v^^AA^ aa(Vw\
'^'^'VvAA /vvwv\
i^^\
rji
\i
I I
•<2>-
31
Q.
.<2>- © "^ AAA/V\A
WVV A/WW\ A V AAAA/W •^C2>- /^ — ■ /I U _Z1 _/l M JL AA/Vv/V\
C3a
I I I
^^1
^ \>
D
I /WW\A I ^ I _CJ
^ AAA/^V\ I I
I I
A/^W\A
A/WAAA
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" This great god journeyeth over Net-neb-ua-kheper-
" AUT (i.e., the "Water of the Lord One, the Creator of
" food). [He who is iu] this picture transporteth the
" boats which are in the earth, and he paddleth Osiris
" to this City. This great god resteth for a period in
" this City, and he sendeth forth his voice to Osiris,
"and to those who are m his following, and [then]
" these hidden boats guide him into this Field. This
"great god paddleth through this Field towards the
"Hour Tent-baiu, and these boats journey roimd to
" the district of Thettu, after traversing this City.
" Whosoever knoweth these things shall have both his
" habitation and his bread with Ra."
In the upper register are the following : —
1. A dog-headed ape seated on an oval mass of sand ;
he is called Her-sha-f, r\n . ur <:ir> III,
0 o c o I w I ^^—
" He who is on his sand."
2. A dog-headed ape called Tcheb-netek, ^°^ J ' | >
or Tebi-keter, c:^:^ J H^ I 1 ' ^sated in a cofier(?)
with a vaulted roof.
3, 4. Two jackal -headed gods called A^'PU, (J □ ^ ,
and Nehem-kheeu, i-r-. ^^^^ «— o i v> Si^ , or Xeha-
KHERU, |-j-|
5, 6. A man and a woman, who hold in each hand a
pupil of the Eye of Horus, or Ea ; the man is called
THIRD DIVISION — NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 51
Anth, a \ , i.e., " He who brings," and the woman
I\ , Antet,! i.e., " She who brings."
,0 111.
7. The ram Sma-kheftiu-f,
8. A m
Pet-ahat,
8. A mummied form, with projecting hands, called
■ i^i^
iSK:
•4?r.
UZZ^^T^}
n
^B' .,-7 «; -;
QZZ^
Third Hour. Upper Register. Gods Nos. 1—6.
9. Anubis of Thebes, tj q ^ - h i'l the form of a
jackal, coiichant on a pylon.
10. A kneeling man, who holds in his left hand a
pupil of the Eye of Ka, and is called Ak-maat-Ea-
SEHETEP - NETEKU; R ^^^ 7 I „ | , i.e., " The
" bringer of the Eye of Ra, who maketh content the
" gods."
Or,
1
Or,
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lS^^^Liii^AIiffiiil^°i^
A
Third Hour. Upper Re^ster. Gods >'os. 7—11.
11. The papyrus sceptre Uk-hekau, ^^§ T[7? i-®-.
" Great one of words of power," surmoimted by a piece
of flesh, 9^.
12 — 15. Four gods, whose names are Sah-ab,
Third Hour. Upper Register. Gods Xo8. 12—19.
THIRD DIVISION — NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 53
fi S -O", ThEMA, ^, HUN-SAHU, fi -|=> Q\
"^ I 9 , and Thet-em-kerh, ^^ "^ ' ^ | fy^.
IG — 19. Four mummied forms. The first has a pair
of horns on his head, the second two curved plumes (?),
the third a winged uraeus, and the head of the fourth
is without ornament ; their names appear to be Peba-f,
Third Hour. Upper Register. Gods Nos. 20—26.
D
. , Ka-aru,
U
., AuAi, n
and Teba, e^ii J "(^^ ' 1 1 '.
20 — 23. Four goddesses, whose names are PIait,
and Kemit, 0 ^ ^ ^^^ 5 these, as their names
testify, were professional mourners.
followed by
24, The god Heru-kheti,
W
54 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
the Hennu, 9. v\, standard, i.e., the hawk of
Seker upon a standard,
°^
25, 26. The gods Meh-Maat,
Neter-neferu, nil.
The text which refers to the above reads
and
it— AAAAy\A II
::!
/W^AA
I I I
^
A^yv^A X A^^^A/^^ iSX
I I I I I I I _B^
I AV\AAA X AAA^Vv
I I I I I I I I
Jl ^
"< III I i I ^ If 1 1 I
n-^-^ I Jl III
1 ^ D
—ti AAA/^
f]^irr;i^
I 1 I
S ^^^ p) (~] A/v\A/v\ ,---—-> A^^^v^^
Ji Ji ^ I I I I ^ I I I
o
°^k^^tSi,Pjqii
000
y\
n AA/VW\ I I
s
I s
I I I A/WAAA
I^ITStrr^y^l^^^
y^
=,1110 D'2'llll L^ ^ww.
II n ra A AA'VW^
•*'^' — ** I 1 Vi^ -'-'
IflfTQ
QiP
"Those who are in this pictnre in the Tuat have
" the flesh of their own bodies, and tlieir souls speak
THIRD DIVISION — NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 55
" over them, and their sliadows are united inito them,
"and after this great god liatli addressed them, they
" speak to him, and they say words of praise to him,
"and they weep after he hath passed them by. The
" work which is theirs in Amentet is to take vengeance
" upon the Seba fiend of Ea, to make Nu to come into
" being, to make Hap (i.e., the Nile) to flow, and when
a t=Sj5
■^^-^
Third Hour. Lower Register. Gods Nos. 1 — C.
" he hath come forth in the earth from them, they send
" forth their voice, and take vengeance upon the Seba
" fiend. AVhosoever knoweth [these things] shall, when
" he passeth by these beings, not be driven away by their
" roarings, and he shall never fall down into their caverns."
J ■ In the lower register are :—
1. The god Khnemu, ram-headed.
2. A bearded male figure called Nerta,
hands raised in adoration.
with
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3 — 6. Four forms of Osiris, mummified, bearded, and
wearing the White Crown, and seated on chairs of
state ; their names are Asar-xeb-Amextet, IJ
ASAR - KHEXT - AmEXTET, J] ifl}, ft, AsAR - ASTI, ]]
, and A.SAR-TIIET-HEH, that is, " Osiris, lord of
Third Hour. Lower Register. Gods Nos. 7 — 13.
Amentet," " Osiris at the head of Amentet," " Osiris of
the two seats," and " Osiris, conqueror of millions of
years."
7 — 11. Five goose-headed beings, each holding a
knife in his right hand ; four of their names are
NeIIA - HRA,
Ate:mti, (]
ra
^
,1 Akebsex, ^sJ
^ W O IT, 111 t
2 and TUATUI, i i
1 Or,
ra
^T-
2 Or,
W
THIRD DIVISION— NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 57
12—14. A male figure called SepaashaT, -^ ^
or II /^ ^ , who holds a knife with 1 loth
liands, and stands lietween two women, whose names
are Meskh-set, ^ -|-, and Tept-bes-s, ^^^ J ^ f| P.
or
15. The male bearded figure Amenti, [|
■ ■miiin
AA/WV\ ,
c^ w
Third Hour. Lower Register. Gods Nos. 1-i— 19.
IG 19. Four forms of Osiris, mummified, bearded,
and wearing tlie Ked Crown, and seated on chairs of
state; their names are Asar-ka-Amentet, J_^ U p' ?
ASAE-HEE-KHENTU-F, fl „ «^^ , AsAE-BaTTI ( ?\
i
c^
and Asar-kherp-ketepu, JJ
I .
20, 21. The two goddesses Seh, |J^, and AiiaU,
58 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
T V ' ^^^^^ stand grasping the sceptre 1 with both
hands, and have their heads turned behind them.
22. The goddess Ba-khati, .j."^^: (Jl] , who holds
in each hand one of the eyes of Horns or Ea.
23. The god Khetra, (1 , holding | and -V-.
Third Hour. Lower Register. Gods Xos. 20— 26.
24 — 26. Three gods, with bowed backs, who touch
the earth with their hands.
The text relating; to the above reads : —
^-^ Mil
! D
/^A^/w\ I
— »— I
AWW\ I
THIRD DIVISION — NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 59
AAAAAA I A^AA/\^ II
-«— I
^'^'^'^^ AAAAW
I I I I I I I
D
D
6^ ~^
^ I
^W
II 0 n <£? ^
I AAAAAA (J ~
I <:!=> 1
I I I nil I I
I ^
^'^^^
^^^
AA^AAA
O @x
l<=r> W III ^^Jw
^ 2^.=^ _^ I I I 11 I ^ Jf ^1 I I 1
f| k^j^
I I I _B^ J}i Jl I
n
I 1 i I
" Those who are in this picture [and those who are
' in] the house of Tet praise this great god, and when
' this great god liath sent forth words to them, they
' come to life, for when he hath called to them and
' hath sent forth his words to them [they have] their
■ water, and they receive their due (literally, heads) in
■addition to the utterance of his moutli. Tlie work
■ which they have to do in Anient is to hew and to
hack souls in pieces, and set restraint upon shadows,
and to destroy such doomed beings as have their
being in tlieir place of destruction which blazeth with
60 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
" fire. They send forth flaraes and they cause fires to
"spring up, and the enemies are as those who have
" their knives over (or, on) their heads. They wail
"and they lament when this great god hath passed
" them by. The name of the warder of this Field is
" Khetra. Wliosoever knoweth this shall be in the
" condition of a spirit who hath dominion over his legs."
M. Maspero, in his description of the Third Hour,^
* The portions rendered by M. Maspero read thus : — Ce grand
dieu dit aux Biou shetiou (ames mysterieuses) qui suivent Osiris ;
" O vous dont j'ai rendu mysterieuses, dont j'ai occulte les ames,
"que j'ai mis a la suite d'Osiris pour le defendre, pour escorter ses
" images, pour aneantir ceux qui I'attaquent, si bien que le dieu Hon
" est a toi, 6 Osiris, derriere toi, pour te defendre, pour escorter tes
" images, pour aneantir ceux qui I'attaquent, si bien que Hon est a
" toi, 6 Osiris, que Sa est a toi, 6 Khontamentit, vous dont les formes
" sont stables, vous dont les rites assurent I'existence, vous qui
" respirez I'air [de vos narines, qui voyez] de vos faces, qui ecoutez
" de vos oreilles, qui etes coiffes de vos coufieh, qui etes vetus de vos
" bandelettes, qui avez des revenus d'offrandes ^ vous sur terre par
" 1 'office des pretres du dieu, qui avez des champs k vous de votre
" propre domaine, vous dont les ames ne sont point renversees, dont
" les corps ne sont point culbutes, ouvrez vos cercles et tenez-vous k
" vos places, car je suis venu pour voir mes corps, inspecter mes
" images qui sont dans I'autre monde, et vous m'avez convoye pour
" me permettre de leur apporter mon aide, si bien que je conduis \
" la rame ton ame au ciel, 6 Osiris, ton ame a la terre, 6 Khonta-
"ougrit, avec tes dieux derriere toi, tes manes devant toi, ton etre
" et tes formes [sur toi ■'], et alors ton mane est enchante, 6 Osiris,
" vos manes sont enchantes, 6 vous qui suivez Osiris. Je monte en
" terre et le joiu* est derriere moi ; je traverse la nuit, et mon ame
"se reunit ^ vos formes pendant le jour, j'accomplis de nuit les
"rites qui vous sont necessaires, j'ai cree vos ames pour moi, afin
" qu'elles soient derriere moi, et ce que j'ai fait pour elles vous
" empeche de tomber au lieu d'aneantissement."
THIRD DIVISION — NET-NEB-UA-KHEPER-AUT 6l
includes an extract from the speech which the Sun-god
Ea makes to the inhabitants of Net-neb-ua-khepeii-
AUT ; as he points out, though three copies of the speech
are extant, all are mutilated (see Lefebure, Le Tomheau
de Seti I"-., 1" partie, pU. xv.-xvii., pU. xviii.-xx., and
pi. xxii.), and it is impossible at present to reconstruct
the text, although the general meaning of several
sentences is clear enough.
( 62 )
CHAPTER IV.
THE FOURTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH
IS CALLED ANKHET-KHEPERU.
In the scene that illustrates the Fouiith Division of
the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god
during the Fourth Hour of the night, a region wMch
is entirely different from anything seen previously is
entered. We see that the general arrangement which
makes each Division to contain three sections has been
followed, but the actual path of the Boat of the Sun is
different. Instead of passing along the middle section
as before, the god is obliged to pass over the region of
the kingdom of Seker. The course which was usually
passed over by the dead runs from one side of the
section to the otlier diagonally, and it may be thus
described : — Starting from the upper side of the top-
most division, the corridor, which is caUed Re-stau,
-^
<rr> — ^ , slants across to the lower side ; at the point
"?"
where it touches the line which divides the first and
second section is a door, which is thrown open.
Mates - sma - ta, ^\ c-=^ ^'=:>>-
or ^^>^ x iSi . The corridor runs
The door is called Mates - sma - ta, V\ c-=^ ^'=:>>-
The Kingdom of Seker.
THE FOURTH DIVISION — ANKHET-KHEPERU 65
parallel with the line which divides the first and
second section for some distance, and is described as
the " road of the secret things of Re-stau ; the god doth
" not pass through the leaves of the door, but they hear
" his voice," ^^ p=, .-^-^ — ^ | a
AAAAAA
^ I \\ I AA/VW\ .
I I i^Jr^K^'^ir^^Jr^i i i' "^ -^<=.-iii - -^
1
A/WNAA A'VV^A^
I [q] ^ I v/0 '"'''^'^ • "^ sharp bend takes
Re-stau in a slanting direction across the middle section
of the scene, and at the bottom of it is another door,
which is called Metes-mau-at, ^ «, i :
the corridor runs parallel with the line which divides
the second and third section for some distance, when it
crosses the section, again in a slanting direction, and at
the end of it is a third door, which is called Metes-
EN-NEHEH, ^ — *— ''^''^ Tov fi O ft . In the second
■ ■ Ja^ ^'^y^ AAAAAA _£^ A A
slant of the corridor is an inscription which describes
it as the " road by which entereth the body of Seker,
" who is on his sand, the image which is hidden, and is
" neither seen nor perceived," ^^^ -'-^ j| '^
^ ' ^ I ^ ^ ^ 111 ^ A III
/\J\/V\rV\ A/^AA/^A J
/VWVVA— «— _gv ^ ^^\> III— *—
1 Variant, avvws -^-^ ]] '=^3^ \\ J| \> i|| -5:--^
III <=i ciQ ^ <^:> \H rwi
-C2>-.
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As the further course of the corridor will be described
under the Fifth Hour we may pass on to consider the
Boat of the Sun, and the means by which the god
makes his way onward.
Ea and the gods who formed his crew have left the
boat in which they travelled until now, and have
betaken themselves to one, each end of which termi-
nates in the head of a serpent. This serpent-boat is
drawn along by four gods, who are called Tun-en-maa,
^ ^ ^ Her-uarfu, <=> ^ S 2 Ar-nefertu,
{\ <=> I <=> / and Shetai, ^^^^ (1(1 . Above the boat
is written, " [Whilst] this gi'eat god journeyeth over
" those wlio are in this scene the flames whicli the
"mouth of his boat emit guide him through these
"pools; he seeth not their forms, but he crieth to
" them and to their places, and they hear his voice,"
a "=1L Jl^
D
H^l'l
/VWS/V\ AA/VNAA
Til
m
I w
TT
[^^
ra
^liml^^^
^
^ I I I
Variant, ^ R "'^ \, . 2 Variant,
^ Variant, avww
The Kingdom of Seker.
THE FOURTH DIVISION — ANKHET-KHEPERU 6g
In front of those who tow the boat of Ka are : —
1. A form of Osiris called Em-ankhti, ^v -V-
or t ■¥" (see p. 71).
2. The crook of Osiris, ^ ll , or i
hN\l-'J\K
o W'
i - <^
(see p. 75).
3, 4. Thoth, ibis-headed, and Horns, hawk-headed,
standing facing each other, with the Utchat, "^^^
above their outstretched hands and arms; the title of
Thoth is Uthesu, ^^^^^P^"^' ^^T.^' ^•^•'
" the Eaiser," and that of Horus is Au-aU, j^ v "TI ,
or J^ %^ , " the wide of hands." The Utchat is
called Sekki, ^^=^ w .
5. The god Sethen-hat, g==5 =^, or s=5 ^ ^=5,
wearing the crown of the South.
6. The god Her-tebat-f, <=> c=^> J ^^^ , i.e.,
"He who is over his place of burial," having in the
place of a head two curved objects, which M. Maspero
identifies with mummy bandages (sec p. 79).
7. The god Uatch-hra, T -^ , i.e., " Green Face "
(see p. 79).
8. The god Hetep, , who carries the crook of
Osiris mentioned above (No. 2) (see p. 79).
9 — 11. Three gods, each of whom carries •¥■ in his
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left hand, whose names are Sem-ankh, ^'^^t ■¥", An-her,
R £55 , and Ut-met, | | (see pp. 79, 83).
12. The goddess Nebt-ankh, •¥■ (see p. 83).
The text which refers to these beinfis reads : —
AAAAAA ' ' '
! D
r\ .IlllllliJI. /AAAAA
[ AA^/sAA I 1 I
ssa
I I I
= 1
A 1
iiiiiitttt ^^^
Mil
Zl J^ (I /wwv^ ^ '^''^
^ I I I 1 ^WAA [3TI1 <li 1 I I
I^J^^
I AAA/\AA /N A/VS^^A
I -<2- I I I
AAA^^V^
AftAAAA V I i I I
" Those who are in this pictnre, in their forms of
" their bodies, are the hidden [travellers] upon the way
" of the holy country whose secret things are hidden.
" They are the guardians of the way of the holy [land]
" for those who enter into the hidden place of the
" Tuat, and they keep ward over Anpu in liis forms as
" he tows them along, when he entereth in by them in
" the holy land."
In the upper register are : —
1. A goddess, wearing the crown of the North,
apparently a form of Xeith (see p. 63).
1 The words over which a line is iiriuted are repeated inadvertently
by the scribe.
The Kingdom of Seker.
THE FOURTH DIVISION — ANKHET-KHEPERU "J^
2. A serpent, with a human head, and two pairs of
human feet and legs (see p. 63).
3 — 5. Three serpents, which move side by side along
the ground "upon their bellies," ^
I I I
. Of them it is said, " Those who are in this
" picture make their passage to every place each day,"
I I I
o
(see
p. 67).
6. The scorpion Ankhet, ■¥■ ^ , and a large uraeus.
Of these it is said, " Those who are in this picture
"stand in Ke-stau at the head of the way [to guard
it],"
J\ -^^£55'
Behind these stands a god, who appears to be making
an offering of two libation vases to the serpent. Of
him it is said, " He who is in this picture is the guide
of the holy way," ; ' " "' ' ^
■]1
(see p. 71).
7. A three-headed serpent, with a pair of hawk's
wings, and two pairs of human legs, and of him it is
said, " He who is in this picture in the Tuat is the
" warder of this holy way of Ee-stau ; he liveth upon
" the abundance [which cometh] from his wings, his
body, [and] his heads,"
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^^^^^ /wwv\
e=£=, — ^ 0 '
jl ^ ^ (see pp. 71, 75).
8. The god Ap-Tuat, \/ a ^ , who h(jlds a sceptre,
I , in his right hand, and stands before the serpent
JSTeheb-kau, 'wvaaa 0 J LJ^ which has two heads on one
end of its l)ody, and one head, instead of a tail, at the
other. Of the god Ap-Tuat it is said, " He who is in
" this picture is in tlie form which Horus made, and he
" openeth [the way] for the two gods on this way,"
^
D
^^11?
I AAAAAA W\\- _tl L
£55 . Of the serpent Xeheb-kau it is said, " He
" who is in this picture is at his place Net-mu, by the
"holy way of passage of Ee-stau, and he journeyeth
" about to every place each day, and he liveth upon the
" abundance of that which issueth from his mouth,"
Aj\/v\ n
/V^A^/V\ AAAA/VV
I AAA/v^^
ci n o
1 I AA/\A.\A
'^' /WWW AAA/W\
£52
fZkf^^
(see pp. 75, 79).
9. A god, who grasps the third head of Xeheb-kau
with his right hand, and a staff' with a curled end in
the left ; facing him is a headless god called Ab- Tuat
ojT^^(«eepp. 79,83).
The Kingdom of Seker.
THE FOURTH DIVISION — ANKHET-KHEPERU "J"]
10. A goddess of the South (Nekhebet) and a goddess
of the North. Of the last group of figures it is said,
" Those who are in this picture are in the form wherein
"Horus hath made them; they are the warders of
" the serpent ISTehepu, who guide him to the hidden
" thing which is on this secret way,"
A/VSA/V\
AA/WV\ I I I
/WVW\
ra D
D
t^ a
^
(see
p. 83).
In the lower register are : —
1. A large boat, each end of which terminates in the
head of a woman ; lying along the bottom of the boat
is the serpent Hetch-nau, m 0 ^ y^ v\ (see
pp. 63, 67). Concerning him it is said, " He ^ who is in
" this picture .... in his boat great, is the [serpent]
" which guardeth the Aheth chamber ; he standeth up at
" the mouth of the hidden passages of the Ahet chamber,
" and he liveth upon the two voices of the heads of the
"ljoat,''S^ ^
y A/VNAAA I I I I vm\. I
I AAAAA^ yy, .
W
j\
-g-
T\^^T.M\\\tl
' The text is in the plural.
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A^AAAA
^^ . Under the neck of this serpent is the emblem
"life,"-?-.
2. A woman called Muthenith, '^SSSS^ AA s=3,
standing (see p. 67).
3. A woman called Shatheth, r-vr-i "^^^ ^ ^_J^ ,
standing (see p. 67).
4. The di^^ne mummy form Benni, J ^^^ (1 (] ,
seated (see p. 71).
5. A lion-headed goddess called Hen-kherth (?),
Q /vwwv ^^ (see p. 71).
6. A goddess, with a pair of horns on her head, in a
sitting position, hut with no throne to sit upon ; her
name is Thest-apt, \ef (see p. 71). Of these
beings it is said, " Those who are in this picture are in
" the forms wherein Horus made them, and they stand
" on the ground of Re-stau in the hidden place "
/WWV^ III ® i I I — H— .<2> 0 A -/J I I I I ^
— (0 — /vvvw\ g s
7. The male serpent Amen, [1 (see pp. 75, 77).
8. The female serpent Hekent, ft aaa^ ^^ which
has a human head growing out of its body, a little
distance from the tip of its tail ; the human head faces
the serpent Amen. Of the male serpent it is said, " He
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THE FOURTH DIVISION — ANKHET-KHEPERU 8l
" who is in this picture is the guardian of the secret
" passages which lead to the Ahetii chamber ; he
"journeyeth round to every place each day, and he
" liveth on the words of the gods who guard this road,"
I ^vjK —^— ° ■ 2^^ n 31 I 1
meaning of the legend which refers to the female
serpent Hekent is not clear ; it reads : ^^ ^ ^
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9. The three-headed serpent (see p. 79) Menmenut,
A^^wvA A , which is described as the " hidden image
"of the Aheth chamber [of Seker], which is illumined
" daily at the birth of Khepera by that which cometh
" forth from the faces of [the serpent] Menment,"
the back of this serpent are six stars and fourteen
human heads, each of which is surmounted by a disk.
These fourteen heads represent, as M. Maspero has well
shown, the gods of the first fourteen days of the month,
who are being carried by the three-headed serpent to
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82 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
the Utchat, which Thoth and Horus are carrying to it ;
they appear again in the next Division of the Tuat,
where they are seen drawing along the boat of the sim.
10. The winged disk of the god Khepera, M U.
Beneath stands the "envoy of heaven," ^^ ^^^^, with
his right hand raised, and his left stretched out, and
behind him is the goddess Maat, n ^^ (see p. 83).
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( 85 )
CHAPTEE V.
THE FIFTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT,
WHICH IS CALLED AMENT.
In the scene that ilhistrates the Fifth Division of
the Tuat, which is passed through by the Sun-god
during the Fifth Hour of the night, we see the boat
of the sun being drawn along by seven gods and seven
goddesses (see pp. 91, 95, 99, 103, 107). The legend over
the seven gods is partly broken away, but what remains
of it proves that it must have been similar in meaning
to that which is over the heads of the goddesses, which
reads, " These are the goddesses which tow Ea along in the
" Tuat over this Circle, and they make this great god
" to advance so that he may rest in Nu in the Tuat,"
liiio 111 1 ^-M^ CTz: I ^=>cnii^s:-/wwNA I i J\
I /WWNA r-^-^ J^^=_ 1 U F=^ _Hl[% [ZTD
In front of the seven goddesses march four gods, who
appear to be under the guidance of " Isis of Amentet,"
n o w ^ and who are described as the " great sovereign
chiefs who provide food in this Circle," -^^ ''•'^'''^
/V\/VVV\ 1 I I
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□ i 1 o'-^
iL c> I 1 I
® 1 I i ^^WA'A tSiltij! ^^ I
j>^ £=i C^
. The first god is called Hee-khu,
'AAA
, and holds a staff iii his hand ; the second
is An-hetep, a =^, and holds the sceptre 1 in his
hand ; the third is Heru-hequi, %2 | | , is hawk-
headed, and holds the crook j in his hand ; the fourth
is Ut-metu, j ft , and holds a tree in his left hand.
The text containing the address of the Sun-god to
the seven gods is broken away, and all that remains of
it reads, " This great god maketh his journey by means
" of those who tow liim over this Circle in [his] boat
\ ji I /wwvA ci=£=. ~^ Jr I I -ci^crzj
AAAWA v\ [1 "JK^ ^ji5, 04^ . A portion of the answer of
the seven gods to him is also broken away, but what
remains of it reads, " Is opened to thee the earth to
" such an extent that thou hast passed over the Beautiful
" Land, and the roads concerning which Ea hath spoken
" to thee, 0 Osiris. Thou criest out, 0 Ka, to the Land
" of Seker, and Horus hath life upon his sands. Come
"to Khepera, 0 Ea ! Come to Khepera! Work ye
" with the cord, 0 ye who make Khepera to advance,
" so that it may give the hand (i.e., help) to Ea whilst
" he passeth over the hidden ways of Ea, in the horizon.
"[Come] in peace, in peace, 0 Ea of the Beautiful
M.
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THE FIFTH DIVISION — AMENT
89
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In the middle of the scene we see that the ground
rises (see p. 103) and forms a kind of hollow mound,
the highest point of which terminates in the head
of a woman, which faces to the right ; immediately
above her head is a scarab which is in the act of
descending, but only one half of its body is visible.
Concerning the beetle it is said, "Behold Khepera
" who, immediately the [boat of Ea] is towed to the
" top of this Circle, unites himself to the roads of
"the Tuat; when this god standeth on the head of
" the goddess he speaketh words to Seker every day,"
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I AA/vVA I I I A/W^AA A U
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The short lines of text just above the mound read,
" The majesty of this great god journeyeth on by
" being towed along, and these goddesses receive him,"
go
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III
^ y^ 4 V i .wvw. 1
The
words which are addressed to the god by the goddesses
are, " Come, 0 Ea, in the peace of the Tuat ! Let Ea
" advance on the road in the boat which is in the earth,
"in his own body, and let his enemies be destroyed.
" [Tlie goddess] Ament crieth (?) to thee, 0 Ea, so that
" thou mayest join her, and mayest go forwards in
" the sky as the Great One who is in the horizon,
" and mayest lie towed along by those who tow
" thee, and, verily, mayest destroy all thine enemies,"
1
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To
this address Ea, replies, saying, " 0 ye who have received
" your weapons, 0 ye who have grasped your sceptres,
" 0 ye who shake your spears, 0 ye who stand by your
" tchefau food, who sit down to your offerings, who are
" the warders of food and bread and are the lords of
" the provisions in Ament, Isis giveth herself unto you,
" and Anient joineth herself unto you, so that I may
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THE FIFTH DIVISION — AMENT 93
" stand up by you for your protection when I pass 'by you
"in peace," >f (] 1' ° ^ ^ v£. ^ I ^ I
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I I I I' -^Jr I I I I I Ji ill I
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The "Land of Sekri," """^^ ^=^ W jj , which is men-
tioned by the seven gods who are towing the boat of
Ea, lies immediately below the mound of earth, and
forms, as it were, an oval island in the river of the
Tuat ; its shape is, as M. Maspero has said, an elongated
ellipse, ( ), and it is formed wholly of sand. The
" Land of Sekri " is described in the legend which is
written at each end of the oval as " The horizon (?) of
" the hidden country of Sekri, which guardeth the
hidden body (or, flesh)," ^ ? (j ^ ^ <^ j^,
?5^ mm __ ^ Q.(i^c^^i
This mysterious oval is supposed to rest upon the
bodies of two man-headed lion sphinxes set tail to tail ;
of these, however, only the heads and fore quarters
94 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
appear, one at each end of the oval. Each sphinx is
called Af, n , and he is said " to have his existence
" from the voice of the great god," and " his work is to
" keep ward over his image," <^^^ ^^^^ I ^ |
^ D
Within the oval already described is stretched out
at almost full length on the ground a monster serpent
(see pp. 99, 103), which has two snakes' heads at one
end of his body, and a bearded himian head at the
other (see p. 99) ; the text above his snakes' heads is
mutilated, and all that can be made out satisfactorily
are the words neter aa, " great god." From the middle
of his body springs a pair of wings, and between them,
immediately under the' female head at the top of
the mound, stands the god Sekri, in the form of a
hawk -headed man. Of him it is said, " His work is to
" protect his own form," <=> 6v. ^^^r^^^ ^ ;
and of the serpent, " he liveth upon the magical pro-
"tection which issue th from his mouth every day,"
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The text which refers to the oval reads : —
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The Kingdom of Sekor.
THE FIFTH DIVISION — AMENT
97
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" The Image which is in this picture is in thick
" darkness. The dawn in the horizon which belongs to
" this god [cometh] from the eyes of the heads of the
" great god, whose flesh sendeth forth light, and whose
" legs are bent round, the great god who keepeth ward
" over the flesh of Sekki, who is on his sand, his own
"image. The voice of this horizon is heard in this
" hour after this great god hath passed them bj, like
"unto the sound of the roarings which are in the
"heights of heaven when they are disturbed by a
" storm."
On the left of the horizon (see p. 95) of Sekri is the
serpent Tepazst, (J Hill , " who liveth by the voice
" of the primeval gods of the earth. He cometh forth
" and he goeth in, and he presenteth the oflerings made
" to this great god every day unseeing [and unseen],"
J\ <:i> U I i _Z1 wv^ I A/^\Aw 0 CE^ U I o o
H
On
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the right (see p. 107) of the horizon is the serpent
AxKHAA-PAU, ■¥" n N^ A^ Q. , " who liveth upon the
" flames which issue from his mouth. His work is to
" protect the horizon, and he never entereth into any
"house of the Tuat," ^^ ^^ fl I f "^^ "^^^
■f ci 0 c ,_fu- ^'^^'^ n I ^ :*:
J2i ^ n ( ) "^ vi *~ — --* /vw\AA L_ _J
Immediately iu front of this serpent are four seated
gods (see p. Ill), of whom the heads of two are turned
behind them ; they are described as the " gods who
" hold the secret forms of Sekki, who is on his sand,"
1
m ^^-— ^J^''\ The first
holds on his knees the White Crown, /I, the second
the Eed Crown, >/ , the third the head of the ram of
Heru-shefshefit, and the fourth the plumes of Shu,
or some other god of light and dr}Tiess. The legend
above them reads, " Their forms are in the place among
" them iu their own bodies. They follow after this
" great god unseeing and unseen," ^^r-^, "
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a r-. <«=> ^_n_^ .,:;2^ _jL^ .pv I
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Behind the serpent Tepax (see pp. 87, 91) are four
human bearded heads, each with a mass of fire upon
The Kingdom of Seker.
THE FIFTH DIVISION — AMENT
lOI
the top of it, which project from the long, narrow lake
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called Netu, ^ ^ 'vwvva • these are called the " Blazing
heads," ^
I . Alono; the lake are
written, in two methods of writing, " The gods who are
"in the Ammahet weep when the hoat hath passed
"them by on its way to the Tnat
"and the waters which are here are like unto fire
" to those who are in them,"
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Sii
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In the upper register are : —
1. The goddess Amentit, standing with her arms
stretched out in front of her at right angles to her
body, and wearing the feather of Maat on her head
(see p. 87).
2. A group of nine large axes (four are broken away),
the foremost surmounted by the Crown of the North,
and the hindmost by the Crown of the South (see pp.
87, 91). The mutilated speech of the god written above
them reads, " Give me thy hand (i.e., help me) Amentet !
" Good is this water which leadeth to the tomb [where]
" rest the gods. Hail, exist ye, 0 nine gods who have
"come into being from my flesh, and have not come
102 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
" into being from your own forms, and who are firm in
" respect of your food, I avenge you, do ye avenge me."
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3. The god who is tlie " guardian of those who are
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^ , ^_^;:r:^(^(^ ^^(seepp. 91, 95).
4. The god Satiu(0, "^ ^p i (see p. 95).
5. The god Ankh-ab, -V- tQj , liawk-headed (see p. 95).
6. The god Bath-resth (?) crocodile-headed, ^^, ^=>
^ s= (see p. 95).
7. The god Axp-heni, (1''''^ 1^ (1 (1 , jackal-headed
1 U AAA/V\A I 1
(see p. 99). Of these five gods it is said, " They act as
" guardians of N"et, and of those who are submerged in
" the Tuat, and they [protect] and make to pass on the
— " — a <C::> /wwv^ aaaaaa pi r, fv l ^ <:3 .<s>-
' ^>i:f^ I 1 I J^ <=> ^ °^ 11 Ji I cr^ ^
'■^'•'^^44 >^=^^44 - To these the 8un-god makes an
I I li^ ^ ii ^^ ^
address, which reads T^ I] | a - — fl §
The Kingtlom of Seker,'
THE FIFTH DIVISION— AMENT IO5
AA/WVA I I I o i I " AA/>/\AA
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^'^^ 1 [33) AAA^ /wwv^ tv, <=>;^ T
rWWW I AAWV\ A^^VAAA I I I jT U 1 I I JJ
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^- — X H — n Q p I A/'yWVV I
§.
A^wvAA _ Q— ,, "This great god saith, 0 ye who stand by
" your waters, who keep ward over your lands, who go
" round about in the pool of those who are submerged
" in N"u, pilot ye these to the lands of the sea of the
" Tuat, unto your waters which never dry up, and rise
"ye up in your lands and let me travel over you in
"peace. This great god saith, 0 ye, lift ye up your
" weapons to your image, and protect ye the
"foreheads of your madt, and perform ye your work,
" in order that I may be able to pass by you in peace,"
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8. Immediately in front of the god Anp-iieni is an
object which looks like a chamber with a rounded roof ;
but whatever it may be, it is filled with sand, and from
the fact that the sign of " night " or " darkness," ''"j^ ,
appears at the top, we may conclude that it represents
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some form of the dark underworld of Seker. To each
side of it a hawk clings by his claws, and from the
lower part of it emerges the scarab, which has already
been mentioned (see p. 103).
9. A huge serpent, the two heads facing the object
described under No. 8. Of him it is said, " He liveth
" by Ea every day, he travelleth over every place of
" macit in the Tuat, and it is he who setteth himself in
f^ C7\ G) — " —
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To this serpent
Ea saith, "Hail, thou serpent Ter, whom I myself
" have fashioned, open thou to me thy folds, open thou
" thy folds wherewith thou hast doubly sealed the
" earth to protect me, and march thou against those
" who are in my following, in order that I may pass by
" thee in peace," Tl (] | a [1
88
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10. The god Baferkheftiu,
headed (see p. 111).
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11. The god lu-HER-APTESU, ^ (j n I e, who holds
a lasso in each hand (see p. 111).
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THE FIFTH DIVISION — AMENT lOQ
12. The god An- at, I\[|'=^j wearing a feather of
Maat (see p. 111).
13. The god Abui, \,\j (](], with his head tvirued
behind him ; he is provided with a shade, T (see p. 111).
14. The god Amu, bull-headed (see p. 107).
15. The god Set, bull-headed (see p. 107).
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16. The god Sent-nef-Amentiu, ^3" ft i (see
p. 107).
17. The god Hetep-neteru, .-a^ | i (see p. 107).
Of these eight gods it is said, " They stand by at the
" annihilation of the dead in the Tuat, and their work
" is to burn up with fire the bodies of the dead by the
" llanies from their mouths in the course of every day,"
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^a^iiiirara'4'i i iii <=:^ in i L J
18. A goddess, standing upright, with her hands
stretched out to the top of the head of a man who
is kneeling before her, and is cutting open his head
with a hatchet ; the goddess is called j E -J| -c^ /w\aaa ^
and "lives upon the blood of the dead, and upon
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The text of the speech which the god makes to the
eight gods reads : —
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" The Majesty of this great god saith unto them,
" Hail, ye who stand at the blocks of torture, and who
" keep ward at the destruction of the dead, ye whose
" voices have come into being for you, who have
" received your words of power, who are endowed with
" your souls, w ho sing hymns to the accompaniment of
" your sistra, who take vengeance on the enemies, w^ho
" annihilate the dead, who hack in pieces shades [of
" men and women], wlio destroy and cut in pieces the
The KiBgdom ofjSeker,
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THE FIFTH DIVISION — AMENT II5
" dead, who avenge Osiris and hearken unto words near
" Unnef er, provide ye yourselves with your slaughtering
" knives, fetter and bind with your hands [this] figure
" which is with you, so that I may journey past you in
"peace. Whosoever knoweth this shall pass by the
" goddess in peace."
The entrance into the Sixth Division of the Tuat is
made through a door in the lower register, which is
guarded by a serpent " who openeth it himself,"
T '^^r— — H— ; here, too, appears the large five-rayed
star which is the symbol of the planet Venus, and is
described as the "living god which journeyeth, and
" journeyeth, and travelleth," | T" u r-jp ryp .
( ii6 )
CHAPTEE YI.
THE SIXTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH
IS CALLED METCHET-MU-NEBT-TUAT.
In the scene which illustrates the Sixth Division of
the Tiiat, which is passed through by the Sun -god
during the Sixth Houk of the night, we see, in the
middle register, the dead Sun-god Afu-Ea, 9,^9, ®)
The Boat of Af, the dead Sun-g-od, in the Sixth Hour.
once again standmg in his boat, under the canopy,
accompanied by his usual company of gods. He is no
longer in the serpent boat wherein he passed through
the domain of Sekri, and he is no longer being towed
along. In front of the boat are : —
1. The god Thoth, in the form of a man with the
liead of a cynocephalus ape, seated on a throne, and
SIXTH DIVISION— METCHET-MU-NEBT-TUAT II7
bearing the name Tehuti-khenti-neb-Tuat, ^^^
fi
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2. A female figure, with her hands turned behind
her, holding in each the pupil of an eye of Horus or
^
f\ I II 1 11 til I
Ea; she is called Ament-semu-set, [1 ~vwvs }
The text above the boat reads : 1 1 ':=^> | /wwvs j
[V]
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The ffoddess Ament-semu-set.
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" This great god travelleth
" through this city, being provided with [his] boat, on
" the water ; he worketh the paddle in this country
" towards the place of the body of Osiris." ..." The
" Majesty of this great god [speaketh to] the gods who
" are in this country when he arriveth at these houses
" which are hidden, and which contain the image of
" Osiris. This god crieth [to the hidden forms which
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"are in them, and they hearken to the voice of this
"god, and then he passeth them hj," Tl) (j
m^\ri^m-
The Four Kincrs of the South.
In the abode of Osiris are sixteen gods in mummied
forms. The first four are liearded, and wear the mendt
and the Wliite Crown, and each is described by the title
, i.e., " King of the South." The second four
suten, 1
are bearded, and are described as Heteptiu, "^ i ;
the third four are bearded, and wear the mendt and
the Eed Crown, and each is described by the title hdt,
\^ ; and the fourth four are bearded, and are called
SIXTH DIVISION — METCHET-MU-NEBT-TUAT IIQ
The Four Kings of the North.
The Four " SpiriLs."
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Khu, '^^'^^'^^, i.e., "Spirits." Immediately in front
of these gods is an enormous serpent with five heads,
which is called Asii-iieau, ""^^ "^ i , i.e., the " Many-
faced." The body of this serpent is bent round to form an
oval, and within it lies on his Ijack the god Afu, QQQ ,
who is holding upon his head a beetle, which is the symbol
of the god Khepera. The text written above reads: —
The Serpent Ash-hrau.
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" Saith the Majesty of this great god to the kings of
" the South, to the Heteptiu, to the kings of the North,
" and to tiie Spirits who are in this City : — May your
" royal state and condition be with you, may ye receive
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" your White Crowns, and ye Heteptiu [may ye receive]
"your offerings, and ye kings of the North may ye
"receive your Red Crowns, and ye Spirits may ye
" receive your appointed rites ; may your offerings be
" unto you, and may ye be in peace. May ye have
"power over your souls, may ye be adored (?), may ye
" have sovereignty over your city, may ye have peace
" in your fields, may ye join yourselves to (i.e., attain
"to) your secret things with your crowns (?), may your
" appointed rites be paid to you, may your sacrifices of
"propitiation be made to you, and give to the gods
" their mouth. Avenge ye me in [this] land, and hack
" in pieces the serpent Apep, 0 ye kings of the South,
"ye Heteptiu, ye kings of the North, and ye Spirits,
" who dwell in [this] land."
" Those who are in this picture stand up in their
" places, and they hear the voice of the great god, the
" lord of the dead body, tliat is to say, Khepeea in his
" own flesh in the act of guarding."
Of the Serpent of Many Faces it is said, " Of him
" who is in this picture, with his tail in his mouth, his
" work is to rise up with this image, to journey to the
" West in his form, and to travel to every place of the
" Tuat. Through the voice of Ra it is that the figures
" who are in him advance."
The text which runs in the liorder aljove the upper
retjister reads : —
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- -/I AA/WW
A I "^ I A/SAAAA
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^
"
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I AAAAAA ^-'S^^> /V I '^x-
II I 1 D ^ O li^
I n rm ,
AjWV\A r\ A/W^A^,
I ^
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" [This is] the hidden path of Amentet, on the water
of which is transported this great god in his boat to
arrange the lots (or, plans) of those who are in the
Tuat. If their names be uttered, if their bodies be
known, if their true forms and the knowledge of their
liours be known, and the qualities of this secret figure
of the Tuat (which are unknowable), hj any man
whatsoever : or if an exact representation in drawing
])e made of what is in the Hidden Place (Anient) of
the Tuat, which is to the south of the At of Amentet :
whosoever knoweth this thing sliall be one who is
fully provided with food in the Tuat, and he shall
partake in the offerings which are made to the gods
who are in the following of Osiris, and he shall have
(i.e., receive) the offerings which all his kinsfolk arc
in duty bound to make to him upon earth."
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In the upper register are : —
A company of nine gods and goddesses, all of whom
are represented as seated, but their seats of state or
thrones are invisible ; they may be thus enumerated : —
1. The god Hetep-kiiexti-Tuat, « JTL x
fllh o \\ o w
in the form of a mummy ; his hands project from his
bandages, and on his head he has symbols of meat and
drink.
fe.ii%>i!=;sLg:a:ii^mA.i.
\_^„^^/\--:ir\']sU}
Asar-am -ab-neteru ,
A8th-meliit.
Iletep-khenti-Tuat.
C)
2. The goddess Asth-mehit, or Ast-amhit, n
the North on her head. The name means " Isis in
the Xorth."
3. The god Asar-am-ab-neteru, ^ ^ " ~ I ' '
i.e., " Osiris in the heart of the gods."
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4. The god Heru-khenti-ahet-f, ^^ /Tk U o '^^
^^^=^ , i.e., " Horus at the head of his field," hawk-
headed, with his hands projecting from his bandages.
5. The god Benti-ar-ahet-f, J [1 <czr> u « ^ ,
]i 1^ , ape-headed, with his hands pro-
jecting from his bandages.
6. The god Maa-ab-khenti-ahet-f, ^J? O f[[}|
%^\^^:t: n^^"^a>.v^" —
Henbethem. Maa-ab-khenti-ahet-f. Benti-ar-ahet-f. Heru-khenti-ahet-f.
[1 X , wearing the White Crown and mendt, and
with his hands projecting from his bandages.
7 — 9. Three goddesses, the first two of whom" are
called Henbethem (?),
J
and TiiEiiBiTir,
Tiie text whicli refers to this
company of the gods reads : Tf ^ y |
m
^
V /WWNA
11^^ im^
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I I I AAAA/W I I I AAf^^A^
I I 1 /wvw ^ D 1 1 I ^ D I I I
I I I
0
^lii^^
I A/VW\A
1 1 I I
*- I I ,^A/V^A^ I I
1 .^ 0 I 1 iJ I
/v\ I
A^AAAA
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A/SA/\AA
I AA/Vv^^
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1
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1 , " Saith the Majesty of this great god
" to the gods who are over this Field : — 0 ye gods who
" dwell in the Tuat, ye Heteptin who keep ward over
" ybur masters, ye unto whom offerings are made from
" the offerings of your fields of offerings, whereon ye
" take your rest each day, unite ye yourselves to the
" provisions which are mine. Ye are the lords of
" [your] hands, ye have right [to direct] [your] feet, ye
"are exalted in your forms, ye are great in your
" transformations, ye have power over what ye produce,
"ye have power over what ye have possession of, ye
" have possession of that over which ye have power, ye
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have power over that over which ye have possession, ye
have possession of that over which ye have dominion,
protect ye Osiris from those who would act with
violence and wrong against him. The work of these
gods in the Tuat is to give offerings to the gods of
the Tuat, who are masters of their offerings and of
the food which proceedeth forth from the mouth of
this great god."
10. Three sceptres of the form f, each surmounted
,ag<.i
\l V \l
^'^> '<?' ■' a'^ JM fr^'^ >^T
"^-==0 S^ 11=. ■" "
Three Sceptres ot the White Crown.
TLelibith.
by the White Ckown ; from the base of each projects
a knife.
11. Three sceptres of similar form, each surmounted
by the Eed Ceown ; from the base of each projects a
knife.
12. Three sceptres, of similar form, each surmounted
by a uraeus ; from the base of each projects a knife.
The text which refers to these reads
f\/VW^ A AA/V\<V\
I /WVWA /v^AA'^A 'A I I li I AA^A/V> J — 1 I Zjm^ I 1 LI —il I I 1 I ^=**^
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iv(^ iiiiV
AAA/WA I AAA/^A
I A^AAAA o '• I '^
I III I I I /VWVAA I ^
111 /4 A/V\A^
/V\/VJ\/\ I 111
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^ii i^ 111 J5^ I I I I LTZD 1 II 11 11 ^ III 11 I
fAAAA/V\ p^ I"]
1 '^ Q AAAAAA^
I nil 3S A JJ^^^^
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Saith
the Majesty of this great god to the Majesties of the
Three Sceptres of the iiraei. Three^Sceptres of the Red Crown.
kings of the South and North who d^Yell in the Tuat : —
■ Eeap ye, 0 ye who wear the White Crowns, and ye
who wear the Eed Crowns like Souls [who are in]
their lands. Ye who belong to the Tuat produce
your own oiierings tlierein. Make ye to he Maat
your sceptres (?), let your souls live, and let your
throats have food to swallow, and ye shall come into
being upon the land Their souls shall rise
up in the Tuat on their sceptres ( i), they are provided
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with knives, and no violence shall be clone to them
goddess "
13. ThelionKA-iiEMHEMET, LJ ^ ^ o^couchant,
and facing the two companies of the gods described
above. Above his back are the two Utchats, between
which is the sign JV^-
14. A form of the goddess Isis, g — •> ^
in a sitting position, but without a throne.
'^^
Thath- Hetchefu.
ueteru.
Isis-Thaath.
Ka-hemhemet.
15. The god Hetchefu, | '^f V*
IG. The god Thath-neteru, s=3 Ibv g=5 | ,
^ _^ I III'
in mummied form, holding a sceptre in one hand and a
knife in the other.
17. A chamber, with an opening under the roof,
through which a snake, which stands on its tail outside
it, belches fire ; under a vaulted covering is an " image,"
''^^ , of Ea, in the form of the hind-quarters of a lion,
. ^. The chamber is called Het-tuau-Ea, O
K
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18. A similar chamber, with an "image" of Ea in
the form of a hawk's wing, ^^ ; the name of the
chamber is Het-stau-kher-Aha, O [J /I\ Q^ •
19. A similar chamber, with an "image" of Ea in
the form of a human head : the name of the chamber
is Het-temtet-Ea
■Q
ra ra
1 I 1 ^ II
£?£
O I
®. The texts read
L-J ra
Het-temtet-Ra. Het-stau-kheralm.
Hettiiau-Ra.
JD_^^<^
^ O I I I
1
M-m^\
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\ Jd.{(^ WW \ \ A \\\ \ iX^^^^^lii
J]
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□ Ji 21 I
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' ° r-1
^
1
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^
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1. The god Henti(?), , crocodile-headed, and in
a seated position, l)ut without a tlirone.
^Hem.
[Km-nu-ur.]
2. The god Em-nu-uij,
ape-headed.
3. Thegod Ani, (]|(]||.
4. The god Hem, r[] ^^^.
5. The god Netcii-atef, '^
G. The god AxKii-nitA, ■¥- <^.
DDO
crocodile-headed, or
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7. The god Met-hra, I <^.
8. The god Netchti, '^ T^
Ankh-hra. Netch-atef.
Netchii. Met-hra.
9 — 12. Four goddesses, each in a seated position, but
^Yithout a throne ; the first is called Antiieth, Q ^ ,
Sehith.
Hetnt.
Henhenith,
Antheth.
the second Henhenith, '^'^ [] [] ^=^, the third Hemt,
^ ^< A' ^^^'^ ^^^^ fourth Sehith, n |
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The text which refers to these reads : T^ ^ Y ' c/
Ma — « — AAw^^ /wwv\ d 1 „ 0 f\. Rill
\> I I I £=3 I I I I III il Jr 4 D
^AjflllMM O _S^ 1 <cz^|||^^ HH 7^
fl
% e^ Cu ^
^^ AAAA/W "^
AA/V^A^
U I I I 1 I I A Ol ^cz:^ Jr I I i I ^ — 1
vvv
/wJ^ I I i^aJii I II I ID j\( —
j\
"".tlim^
m^^
■^ AAA/W\
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I I I ^= I I I
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It
1 I
?
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I /I\ c=tt:
_/A I AA/^^A^ -/jk I I I
AAAAAA J " The Majesty of this great
" god saith unto these gods : — 0 ye gods who dwell in
" tlie Txuit, and who are in the following of the lord of
" the Ijeings who are in the Tiiat, who stand up and sit
" down in Nu, who dwell in your Field, 0 ye gods who
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0
" send forth light, and who
"make to stand up your
" bodies, and 0 ye goddesses
" who sit down in the f ol-
" lowing of the Scarab in
" the place where are his
" bodies in the Tuat, 0 ye
" who live on your ,
" whose hearts live on then-
" food, who send forth light
" in the darkness which sur-
" roundeth you, who have
" the mastery over your Eed
" Crowns, who partake in
" content of the offerings
" made to you, let them
" travel in my following, let
" my soul be with me, let
" me rest (or, imite myself)
" to my Ijodies, and let me
"pass by you in peace.
" These gods hear the voice
" of Ea every day, and they
'• have their life through his
" voice. The work which
" they ha\'e to do in the
" Tuat is to convey along
" souls, and to accompany
" the shades of the dead,
The Serpent Am-khu aad the heads of
the Four Children of Horus.
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"and to make provisions for spirits, [and to find for
" them] water."
13. The monster serpent Am-khu, ^ 0 "v^ )^ i ,
with his head raised from the ground, and the symbol
of " life " mider his head. Out of the crest of each of
the four undulations of his body springs a bearded
head, and the four heads are those of the children of
Horus — Mestha, li(], Hapi, ^ (Im, Tuamutef,
>lc '\\ "^ , and Qebh-sennu-f, {0 11 . The text
which refers to the serpent reads : .r^ -==*^ V\ V^
^^ .<2>- _M^_M^
^> ^ '^ , " This serpent is himself invisible
Q 1^ r:s^^
O III <
" to this great god, but these forms (i,e., the heads of
" the four children of Horus) have their being in his
" folds, and they hear the voice of this great god every
"day. The work which he doeth in the Tuat is to
" devour the shades of the dead, and to eat up the
"spirits of the enemies [of Ea], and to overthrow
" [those who are hostile to him] in the Tuat."
14. The god Kai, S
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15. The god Meni, ' ' (1(1 |.
16. The god Ann-ket, n
AAftAAA
^^5
17. The god Ukt, <==>. Each of these four gods is
Urt. Ann-ret. Meni. Kai.
in a sitting position, but has no throne whereon to
sit.
18. A company of nine serpents, each of which
belches fire from its mouth and is armed with a- \m"e
The serpents of a companj^ of gods,
knife ; only the heads and upper parts of the bodies of
these serpents are visible. Their names are Ta-tiiexex,
, Shu, p, Seb,
, Tem, ^ , Khepera,
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J, AsAE, jg, Heru, ^, Apu, \/^> ^^^^^
Hetepiu, . The text which refers to the four gods
and the nine serpents reads : —
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7^ ^
Ji III
D
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S=3 =^ 9- ^ S=* e:^^ A (? (? S==* -=37 A/v<?w. I <? I
I I I A^AAAA I I I I I I I /V\AAA/\ AAAAAA I I I ■ " •^''^ cLI I
AA/VAA AAAA^A o S I Q. Q. Q. \/ "Vj^^ I^^ AA/WW "¥" | | I | V\
1 II ^ D I I I A/vwvv I s= W <c:=>^ III I I I 1 ^=0 JT
q I D ^i=£r^ -cs::- -^- □ ^ n A ^:^ , ,
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^^.^ 1 I II I I m. '"i^i M ^ iii<=>i ^ ^'^^^ I I I
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III 1 1! ^ Millie ^"^ AA^W^ F=^ J.
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A/v/WW [J — ~ AA/W\A g ^ \^ [J M VX I Q
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A^VWV\ II W_W , I 1 ■
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" Saith the Majesty of this great god to these gods : —
" 0 ye who make yourselves to be standing up although
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" ye are seated, ye who are in motion although ye are
" at rest, ye whose souls come into being, ye who are
" united to your shades, wdio lift up your feet and who
" moxe onwards by your thighs, unite ye yourselves to
"your flesh, and let not your members be fettered.
" They have their life through the voice of this great
" god every day, and the work which they do is to
" watch the two comings of the god Khuti."
Concerning the nine serpents it is said : —
" The Majesty of this great god speaketh words to
" these male gods who are at the head of this city : —
" Hail, 0 nine forms of the divine spirits, whose faces
"are of flames, who are provided with your knives,
" Ijurn ye up the enemies of Khepera, hack in pieces
" their shades, for ye are the warders of the Hidden
" Flesh, which is made of Nu, your haljitation, for it is
" ye wlio dwell in the Water of Ta-tiienex, and it is
" for you that the magical powers of Khepera come
" into Ijcing. They have their means of li\'ing from
" the word of Ea every day. The work which they do
" in the Tuat is to hack asunder the dead, and to cause
" the spirits to be destroyed."
( 139 )
CHAPTEE VII.
THE SEVENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT,
WHICH IS CALLED THEPHET-ASAE.
The scene that illustrates the Sp:ventii Division of
the Tuat, which is passed through hj the Sun-god
during the Seventh Hour of the night, is introduced
hy three lines of text, which read : —
I D
D
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I D
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AA/\AAA /VW\r'/\
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AA/V\AA AAA/VNA
"The Majesty of tliis great god taketh up his abode
"in the Hall of Osiris, and the Majesty of this god
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■ addresseth words to the Hall of the gods who dwell
■ therein. This god performeth all the rites proper
[for entering] this Hall, and he advanceth on his way
againt Apep by means of the words of power of Isis,
and by means of the words of power of the Sovereign
God. The name of the gate of this City wherethrough
passeth this god is Euti-Asar. The name of this
City is Thephet-Sheta. The name of the hour of the
night which guideth this great god into it is Kheftes-
nAU-HESQET-[NEHA]-HEA."
The Boat of Af , the dead Sun-god, in the Seventh Hour.
In the middle register are : —
1. The boat of Ea, who stands under a canopy formed
by the body of the serpent Mehen; the god is ram-
headed and wears a disk on his head, and his name Afu,
9^9,R.> is written twice near him. In front of him
stand Heka-sek, 8 LJ m 5 ^^^^ *^^; ^^^ I^i^> ^^^^^ 1^^^
both arms stretched out before her, and is reciting the
words of power which shall make the boat to advance.
THE SEVENTH DIVISION — THEPHET-ASAR I4I
Behind the god stand Heru-heken, Iva-Shu, Nehes,
Hu, and the " jDrotector of the boat." Above the boat
is written
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" god journeyeth in this City in the path of the Circle of
" Sar (Osiris) by means of the utterances of the words
" of power of Isis and of the words of power of See, so
" that he may journey on his way against Neiia-hra.
" If these words of power of Isis, and those of Ser be
" uttered, Apep shall ])e turned back and shall be shut
" up in Anient, in the hidden place of the Tuat ; if
" they be uttered on the earth it shall be so likewise.
" Whosoever shall utter them shall become one of those
" who are in the boat of Ka, both in heaven and upon
" earth ; but whosoever knoweth not these figures shall
" not know how to repulse Neha-hra."
2. The serpent Neha-hra, which is transfixed to the
ground by means of six knives. The goddess Serqet,
<^^=* 1 , stands with a band round his neck in the act of
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strancrliiiff him, and the god Her-tesu-f,
"^
stands hj his tail, round which he is tying a fetter.
The text which refers to him reads :
^l\ — ^ ^
. ^
□ a □ ^<^
Ji ^ 7i
^ £^
Tlie serpent Xeha-hra being fettered by Serqet and Hertesu-f.
AA/WV\ C
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, " He who
"is in this picture is Apep, and he surroimdeth his
" country, which is in the Tuat ; Tchau is the name of
" this district, which is four hundred and forty cubits
THE SEVENTH DIVISION — THEPHET-ASAR I43
in length, and four hundred and forty cubits in
breadth, and his voice guideth the gods to him. He
who is with(?) him after this great god hath made
his passage through this City, ]ialteth(?) with Afu,
opposite to the country whereover he would make a
■ way ; behold, Seeqet is at the head [of Apep], and
Her-tesu-f placeth his deadly fetter about his feet
after Isis hath taken possession of the words of power
of Ser of two-fold strength, [and Ea] giveth their
' words of power. Whosoever knoweth it (i.e., this
' picture and the text) upon earth shall not be one of
those of whose water iSTEiiA-HRA drinketh."
1 t ^.-o .1
TomtiUi.
Tenith.
Nakith.
Uetemtit.
3. The goddess Hetemtit, S J (1 "^ (1 ^^, armed
with a knife.
4. The goddess Nakitii, n n|i £=> ^ armed with
a knife.
5. The goddess Tenit, ""^ (] (1 ^ (^•ar. c=^ \ \
armed with a knife.
G. Tlie goddess Temtitii, /c=
(var.
j , armed with a knife. Tliese four goddesses
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guard four rectangular coffers, at the end of each of
which is a human head ; inside each coffer is a mound
of sand, beneath which is buried one of the four forms
of Osiris, The first coffer " contains the form of Tem,"
^ ''^— "J i . : the second " contains the form of
I ^^p=K^
^1
m — » — n I fT^ r\
Khepera," ^ ^^ ^ ' H y 5 ^^^^ ^^^^^'*^^ " contains the
The coffer of Tem,
The coffer of Khepera,
^^n.™B.,^^e) T
Asmy
0^
^
The coffer of Ra,
The coffer of Osiris,
form of Ea," ^ '^ ^
I O I
and the fourth " con-
/n
tains the form of Osiris," '^ ^'^=::~-^ ;
goddesses are described as : H \/ ci ^ H
I J1 . The
D D
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I I I
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I □
s
I — *^
I I I I
^^
,,^ a ^c:7, " The goddesses who hack
D D I I I _P^ nrnQ I ' ®
" at Apep ill the Tiiat, who repulse (or, bring to nought)
" the affairs (or, matters) of the enemies of Ka. Those
" who are in this picture, and who hold knives, hack
" asunder Apep in the Tuat each day."
7 — 10. The four coffers of Osiris, concerning which
it is said :
D
^- ra
000
A/WVW L^ _J AAA/7V\ A/^WAA
^
Lil
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I I
D
L_ _J AAA/VNA
/ I / J\ J\ I
" [These
" are the] hidden magical figures of the Tuat, the
" funeral shrines of the hidden heads. [When] those
" who reached this region [come there, the liidden
" heads] appear, [and when they ha\'e heard the \'oice of
" Ra] they eat their own forms, after this great god hath
"passed them by." The line of liieroglyphics above
the upper register reads : """^^ '=^^ aw^^
\)°AW
D D
^=^
rsN\f\N\ M\t\r^r\r\
I ^ I
I III l\Ns/\N\
I O
-^ III
I
m
1
/wwv\ •< — \ -^ fl I I I D D
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D
D ^
ra m^i
J]
w O^ " xiie hidden road of Ameut. The
" great god maketh his way over it in his holy boat,
" and he passeth over this road which has no water,
" and none to tow. He maketh his way by means of
Nel>Uast.
Seth-ab(!').
• the words of power of Isis, and by means of the words
■ of power of Semsu (?), and the utterances of this great
' god himself [act as] magical protectors, and perform
' the slaughters of Apep in the Tiiat, in this Circle in
'his windings in the sky. Whosoever shall make [a
' copy of] these [pictures] according to the similitudes
' which are in writmg at the northern side of the
' hidden palace in the Tuat they shall act for him that
' maketh them as magical protectors in heaven and in
'earth. Whosoever knoweth them shall be as the
' Spikits with Ea."
THE SEVENTH DIVISION — THEPHET-ASAR I47
11. The god Neb-Uast, ^i^ 1, standing, and holding
a sceptre in his right hand.
12. The goddess Seth-ab(?), '^^ ^T^.
In the upper register are : —
1. The god Shepes, q , in mummied form, seated.
:e=;3i
B B ^
,0 B
t
Shepes
Ankhuithit.
and holding in his right hand some curved object,
which resembles a boomerang.
2. The goddess Atii, ^ s=s , with the head of a
lioness, holding the symbol of " life " in her riglit liand,
and a sceptre in her left.
3. The uraeus Ankiiuithit, ■¥--?- ?=> -V-, with the
head of a woman.
148 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
4. A god in human form, seated on a throne, wearing
plumes and an uraeus on his head, with " life " in his
right hand, and the sceptre | in his left ; this god is
called Afu-Asae, fl ^^^^ ^^^ j) , and he is seated
under a canopy which is formed by the body of a monster
serpent called Ankh-aeu-tchefau-axkh-aku, -V- "^s^ 1
I III ^1
"1 1^ r ' ^^^® ^^"^^ which refers to the first three
gods reads: ^ H ' ° I^ ™ ^=5 -^^ ^
n I '^"^'N Q. A/vwv\ t^^ .e\ III Q " AW\AA ra
[jal , " The Majesty of this great and holy god saith,
" Grant thou me to come forth on the path by thy
" spittle (?) and by [thy] throat and let me utter the
" word which is madt to Ankhit, and let me open thy
" fold, for I have come to illumine the darkness, and to
" embrace him that is in Mehen." The text which refers
to Afu-Asar reads : U ^ | /wwvn H J) (1 -f]- ^^
.^.? ^111 ffi 0||
THE SEVENTH DIVISION — THEPHET-ASAR I49
I ^ o
I I I
I I I
^
AAA/v^^
I I I
^^=>^
I I I
AAAAAA / g ^
o
D J\
D'
'This god
" saith unto Osiris, who dwelleth in the serpent Mehen,
" Hail, Osiris, Governor of the Tuat, thou lord of life,
" thou ruler of Amentet, thou shalt live, live thou life,
" thou hast magical power, and shalt prevail by magical
« (1 . li r- ■=* of i^P" b •-- "^ ^T D (1 ^^ ^^ii.
Afu-Asar under the serpent Mehen. The beheading of the enemies of Osiris.
" power in [this] land. Thou dost exalt those who are
" in thy following on their arrival before thee. Thine
" enemies are beneath thy feet, thou hast gained the
"mastery over those who have worked against thee.
"The flames [of fire] are against them, he burneth
" them up with his blazing knife which is over them,
" he hacketh them in pieces and choppeth tliem up
" with his slaughtering knife, and he reckoneth up his
" members each day. 0 let me pass over thee in peace."
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5. Three headless
figures, kneeling, with
their arms tied behind
theu' backs ; these repre-
sent the "enemies of
Osiris," ^ ^'^ ^ ■ '^
•\lllj|^'
or
^
o I.
o I
Be-
hind these stands a fierce
cat - headed (or, lynx -
headed) god, who holds
a huge pomted stake in
one hand, and flourishes
a large knife m the other.
G. Three foes, %i. ^,
of Osiris lying on their
backs ; round the right
arm of each a rope is
tied, and the other ends
of the three ropes are
in the hands of a god
called Anku, [1 v^ .
The passage which refers
to these reads : l\ >/
0 '1' °% ® i
Anku fettering the foes of Osiris.
e
m
O
B'^
^
<+=io
CD?
(LI.
THE SEVENTH DIVISION — THEPHET-ASAR 153
AA/W\A 1^ e s AftAAAA o
X^ ^_-j .^_D| "
-<s>- /I III ^ lllll ^ W LT^ e ^-o\ ,wwv
T
q
I I — S^ _/.T^ I I I I I I AAA^AA
r\ A/WSAA / ^-^ p
-^J-^ AAAAAA n <>^ /wvvvx ^^.^-^ ^ ' /WWV\
^^ Avw^^ 1 ^^ ^Z^ ^JU^ Jl \ \ \
I I I XI , " The Majesty of this god saith : — 0 ye spirits
" who are hostile to Osiris, who have rebelled against
" the Governor of the Tuat, yonr hands and arms are
" fettered, and [ye] are tied tightly with bonds, and
" your souls are kept under ward, and your shades are
" hacked in pieces, Anku hath drawn the cords about
" you so tightly that ye shall never be able to escape
" from his restraint."
7. Three l)earded, human-faced hawks, wearing on
their heads the double crown of the South and North ;
the first is called Sa-Tathexex, "^ "^^^ -^ the
name of the second is wanting, and the third is
called Mam(?), ^, or Ma at, ^.
8. A huge serpent, which bears on its back a god
in a sitting posture ; the god is called Afu-Tem,
I V^^"^, and the remains of the text which refers
"i ^ lll^r='
to him say that he shoots forth his flame at those who
rebel against Osiris, and tliat he eats the souls of the
enemies of the god.
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C::^
In the lower register are : —
1. The god Heru-her-khent-f, -^^ />. ,
seated on a throne, as his name implies. He is
hawk-headed, and wears the solar disk encircled by a
serpent ; in his right hand is the symbol of life, and in
his left a sceptre. Tlie other forms of his name are
. and V^ c=q ^r^ ^<^=^ . Of
this god it is said :
a
AAAAAA
AAAAAA -rf Ji
J I AA/W\A
" 0 "^"^^^'^/'The
— 0 X Jr III o o o I Li^'
" work of this figiu"e who is in
" this picture is in the Tuat, and
"it is for him to send the stars
" on their May, and to make the
Heru-he.--khciit-f. " hours to go on their way in the
" Tuat." The stars are personified
by gods, twelve in number, who stand each with a star
on his head. Their names are : —
1. Ur-kert, ^^
S
2. Kekhert(?),
/I\
3. Neb-kiiert-ta,
; I
I IX
4. TUATI, ^
^ w
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6. H1-KIIU-. . .
II-
7. Emta-a,
^4 '
Ur-'kert. Kekhert. Neb-khert-ta. Tuati. Hiat. Hi-khu-.
Emta-a. Teser-a. Emma-a. Sem-nes-f. Tesem-em-maat-f. Seqer-teiiu.
8. Teser-a,
I
9. Emma-a, «, a i .
10. Sem-nes-f, ^^ 1~1 U
p^=ja)'
156 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
11. Tesem-em-maat-f, c— ^ n ^^ _
I I I 1 ^ I
12. Seqee-Tepu, n ^ ^ ^ I .
The text relating to these gods reads : (j V/ y
A"^^l^4'^'^:s'lri>il 1 1%'irn
c,^^ j^ I I 1 1 I I s= ^= I ^ J Jr I I I I ji I
/www I ?i 111 I I I U F=^ t Jl 1 I ^ D C2] Cl-i >
' The Majesty of Horns of the Tnat saith luito the
" starry gods : — 0 ye who are madt in yonr flesh, whose
" magical powers have come into being for you, who
" are united unto your stars and who yourselves rise up
" for Ea in the horizon which is in the Tuat each day,
" 0 be ye in his following, and let your stars guide
" his two hands so that he may journey through the
" Beautiful Anient in peace. And, 0 ye gods who
" stand up, who dwell in our land, light up ye your
" stars in the sky so that [I] may unite [myself] with
" the master of the horizon."
2. The Twelve Goddesses of the Hours, who face to
THE SEVENTH DIVISION — THEPHET-ASAR I57
the right, having each a star on her head. Their
names are : —
1. HeKENNUTHETH, R /W.AAA ^
2. NEBT-EN-. . . ., AWVVA .
3. Nebt-nebt,
Goddesses of the Hours.
•^rr^#Si:?l1
Goddesses of the Hours,
•i. TUATHETII, ^
5. Amentet-ekmex,
6. [Name erased.]
7. Anitii,J^ (][] s=
8. AUNITII, U ^^
/T— Si
158 the book of am-tuat
9. Tait, 5 ^ 1 " 1 T*
10. Aeit-kiiu, "^^^ "^s® Yi. m.
11. Arit-aku, ^^ \> ^ I .
.<s>- JI U I
12. Uaat-testes, ^^ c^
The text relating to the goddesses of the hours reads :
I/O I £5i^\^*
AA/WNA „
D ^ O
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0 ^
Goddesses of the Hours.
o
D
xi\ cO], — ,%:m
^, . AAA^VNA
in 0 ^ o
I AAAAAA _ I
0 ^ O I
^ 0
\
I AA/VW\
MM
""""■ ^ ' (^ n n n Oi
m.^'' ^' 1 1 I 1 I I I I I ol'' A/vwv^ I I /wwvN 1 U ^ <::=>
I z ^ <rr> ^1--^ ?^^^^
I AAA/-/V\ .111.1111111. AAA/VV\
I I I I i;^^ I I 1 1 I I
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159
" saith unto the Hours who are in this City : — 0 ye
" Hours who have the power of coming into being, 0
"ye Hours who are endowed with stars, 0 ye Hours
" who avenge Ea, fight ye on behalf of Him that is on
" the horizon, and take ye your forms (or, attributes),
" and carry ye your symbols, and lift ye up your heads
" and guide this [god] Ea, who is on the horizon, into
" the beautiful Amentet in peace." The text goes on
-->-^flvwi:iv^^^iis^i
j\
The crocodile Ab-sha-am-Tuat,
1
I D 0-=-
AV\AAA — n
Behold
t{ ^^^^^
" the gods and goddesses who guide this great god
" along the hidden way of this City."
o. In front of the Hours is an enormous crocodile
called Ab-siia-am-Tuat, .- 0 J "\ - - ^ ^ which
is dcscril3cd as " Osiris, the Eye of Ea," (1 "v^ ]] "^^^
^ ^^» The crocodile stands upon a long funeral
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iiiouncl, out of the end of which, immediately under the
head of the animal, appears a bearded human head,
i.e., " the head of Osiris,"
crocodile the text says :
o o o
^
or ^
I I I
111 D
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Of the
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1 I I
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" He who is in this picture is Ab-shau, and he is the
" warden of the symbols of this city. When he heareth
" the voice [of the boat of] Ra which is addressed to the
" Eye which is in his cheek (?), the head which is in his
" dominion maketh its appearance, and then it eateth
" its own form after this great god hath passed it by.
" Whosoever knoweth this [picture] Ab-shau shall not
" devour his souk"
( i6i )
CHAPTEE VIIL
THE EIGHTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH
IS CALLED TEBAT-NETERU-S.
The scene that illustrates the Eighth Division of
tlie Tnat, which is passed through by the Sun-god
during the Eighth Hour of the night, is introduced by
four lines of text which read : —
rzsz:
IVi^l
D
A
UTJi
1
^
I O III I I 1 I
i<
n
AAA/V\A WvAAAA
/VWV\A
s
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J\
A/VWVN ' iv w /vv>
WvAAAA i^ n
^ /wwv\ II
D
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II-
" The Majesty of this great god taketh up its place in
" the Circles of the hidden gods who are on their sand,
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"and he addresseth to them words in his boat whilst
" the gods tow him along through this City by means of
" the magical powers of the serpent Mehex. The name
" of the gate of this City is Aha-an-urt-nef. The name
"of this City is Tebat-neteru-s. The name of the
"Hour of the night which guideth this great god is
" Nebt-usha."
The Circles of this Division are thus described : —
r^-^^^ D
-^^ 1
Jl III Mil
^i^l^^E^^
^ I I M
I
I
I
1 II I I I
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11
^
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Jl
^
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M
J) s
"The hidden Circles of Ament which are passed
through by the great god, his boat being towed along
by the gods who dwell in the Tuat ; let them be made
according to the figures [which are depicted] on the
north of the hidden palace in the Tuat. Whosoever
' knoweth them by their names shall be the possessor
• of swathings upon earth, and he shall not be repulsed
■ at the hidden gates, and he shall have offerings in very
• great abundance regularly and perpetually."
In the middle register are : —
1, The boat of the sun, in which the god stands
THE EIGHTH DIVISION — TEBAT-NETERU-S 163
imder a canopy formed Ijy the body of the serpent
Melien, being towed along by nine gods. His passage
is thus described : I ^ c=^5i | © aaaaaa v^. -^^
■^ I 1— ►
ra
1
A ^ I -^ Jl III I ill
^^ r^i-^ niSID °<^ /^ f] f^ C3 I nfl
jDr 2^L=_ ^/^vWN W/VTA l(^ 1 Jl I C^ 1
I A ^ ^^37 ci ® q I ill
U I
o
1
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1 1 1
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-(2- <^=> ^ III ^ 1 Q 11 ^ < Mi^iM^ j^ 111
AWVNA
I I I
cin:
l'':^4i'«
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1^
y^
I r f^^^ ^ D
(^ <=> r~vrn
111 (S 111 . Ill
" This u'od
maketh his way into this City, being towed along
])y the gods of the Tuat, in his hidden form of
Meiien. This god sendeth forth a cry to the regions
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"of every Circle
" of this City, and
" also to the gods
"who are there-
" in, and it is the
"voice of them
" which this god
"heareth after he
" hath sent forth
"a cry to them.
" The figures of
"their bodies
" remain always
" with their dead
'• l)odies whicli
" are under their
" sand, and their
"' gates open to
"the voice of
" this god each
■ day, and then
'■ they hide them-
" selves after he
" hath passed by
"them. Their
" work in the
" Tuat is to tow
" Ea along over
" the ways of this
The Boat of If, the dead Sun -god, in the Eighth Hour.
THE EIGHTH DIVISION — TEBAT-NETERU-S 165
" City, and they
" rise np after
" they have towed
" him along into
" this Hall, and
" they say nnto
" him : — 0 thou
" god, come thou
" to thine hidden
" image, 0 our
" god, and to all
" the sepulchres
"of Khenti-
" Amenti, unite
" thyself strong-
"ly to it, and
" mayest thou
" be entreated
" to lighten the
"darkness of
" those who are
" on their sands.
"We beseech
" thee to come
" and to unite
"thyself, 0 Ra,
" to those who
" tow thee along."
The eight gods
l66 THE BOOK OF AM-fUAT
wlio t(jw aluug the Ijoat of Ka are thus described :
www
n 1 r-yn '■''■''^- g-r— > o '--^-^ ca | ^ n
11 I c=i:f=, =^?^ /W-/W. ^ ^HF^ hll<r:>|
These
"are the gods of the Tuat who tow along Ea iu the
"place where the gods have their sepulchres (Tebat-
" xeteru-set), and he is [acclaimed] by those who are
" in this City. The images secret of Tathenex, of
" Horns (?), [and of] the gods are with them."
2. Nine large objects somewhat in the form of
tlie hieroglyphic Q shems, which has the meaning of
"follower" or "servant"; unlike this sign, however,
each of the nine objects is provided with a huge knife,
and from the curved end of each is suspended a human
head. M. Maspero is undoubtedly correct in describing
these as the servants of the god. The names of the
nine servants are : —
1. Hetep-ta,
c. D 1 s
2. Amex,(]S(()^
-T I
3. Sesheta-baiu(?), ^a (^
4. Sekhex-kiiaibit, 0 ) T i .
/www IJ '^ I I I
5. XEB-ER-TCHEI!, "^ .
THE EIGHTH DIVISION — TEBAT-NETERU-S 167
6. Mennu, O^'C^-
7. Mathenu, ^
8. Metkui,
9. Peremu(?), ^ ^.
Of these gods it is said
r
^ ^ £E ^ ^i ^'b I rri
I I I I < I
Servants of the god R3.
D t^
I I I AAAAAA ^AAAAA
Icrd: M I I I I
ci I I I ^§;!Msi ^
^/v ^-li AAA/VNA
I :^ 1
ra
1 1 1
^ ^
1
X AAAA/
D _a I /w^AA^ -^ rr^j "Those who are in this
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' picture are those who are on the path along which this
'god is towed, and they have their swathings before
• them in the form in which the god himself [had them].
■This our great god crieth out unto those who have
■ their life in them, in [their] heads in their forms, and
■ this god crieth out to them by their names. Their work
is [to seize] the enemies of Ea everywhere throughout
this City, and then to make their heads to pass under
their swords after this god hath passed them by."
3. A ram, having the solar disk between his horns,
B ' ' Joi AJ i^^'^ ;^- ■=3;< r~^ ,J^r B 0^11 P^^-rnrr' P >ffB -=- i •
=^ ^ <l O^-^l O ^_2 ^^^Uj ^ ."^-Ig \ ^\ === =^
Servants of the god Ea.
First form of Tathenen.
and the svml >ol of linen bandages in front of him ; he
IS an imag-e
of Tathexen, i^ I
of whom he is
the " first form," <^ '^'^ \ '^ , or
I D W'
4. A ram, having the crown of the South between
his horns, and the symbol of linen bandages in front of
him ; he is an image of Tathenen, of whom he is the
" second form,'
or
5. A ram, ha^'inCT the crown of the Xorth between
THE EIGHTH DIVISION — TEBAT-NETERU-S l6g
his horns, and the synihol of linen bandages in front of
him ; he is an image of Tathenen, of whom he is the
" third form," M ^, or O M O .
6. A ram, having the solar disk and a pair of plumes
above his horns, and the symbol of linen Ijandages in
front of him ; he is an image of Tathexex, of whom
he is the "fourth form," M *^illl, or m'OO^.
The text which refers to these reads
I I I
Second form of Tatheuen. Third form of Tathenen. Fourth form of Tathenen.
cmi
1 1 1 III I 111 ^>>t I
I D C^:^
I ^ "^ *~ -* AAA^A^
I I I czso
c^^
\rrA
I D
I I I A a ^^ — Q ^
AA/V/Wv
Q
^
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(a\/wwv^0^3
^, " Those who are
" in this picture in the Tuat, with their swathings of
" linen in front of them, in the form in which the god
" himself [had them], are they to whom he crieth out
" after he hath come to the place where they are.
"And they on their part cry out to tliis god with their
" voices wliich are joyful hut hidden, and this god
"singeth a song of joy at their voices. After [tliis
•i^^f-n WrT,m A ^,L K^
a ******* i*^, ^3
o ^
The Circle Sesheta.
" great god] hath passed by them, and when the dark-
"ness of night hath covered them over, they receive
" the diadems of Ea, and the soul of Tathenex uniteth
" itself to the earth."
In the upper register are five Circles of the Tuat,
and a door, which may be thus described : —
1. This Circle, which is called Sesheta, is entered
through a door with the name of Tes-xeb-terer . . . .,
'^^ , and in it are seated :
THE EIGHTH DIVISION — TEBAT-NETERU-S I7I
1. The image of Tem, i^ 1 ^ , wearing the
White Crown.
2. The image of Kiiepeka, ^^ 1 « (] .
3. The image of SlIU, i^ 1 r-rrn
P^'
Each of these is seated upon au instrument for weaving,
^ (?5> J I n <^
I AV\A^\ I
j[ I . The text reads :
,LA I I I I £5^ - — flll<=> I
1 ' ^
I 111 —
1 I Ji^ <
I D {^^
2^^_ c. I
4
A ^ O
[
C3XZ]
Zl ^ ^
[^£^
o
AAA/vW
/WVAAA
, " Those who are in this
" picture are [seated] on their instruments for weaving
" [after the manner] of Horus, the heir, the youthful
" one. This god crieth out to their souls after he hath
" entered into this City of the gods who are on their
" sand, and there are heard the voices of [those who are]
" shut in this Circle which are like [the hum] of many
" 1 )ees of honey wdien their souls cry out to lia. The
" name of this Circle is 8e8HETA."
2. This Circle, which is called Tuat, ^ . is entered
through a door with tlie name of Tes-aha-Tathenen,
, , ^ . ^, , , and in it are seated :-
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1. The imacre of Tefxet, Jj' i
2. The image of Seb, ^ I "^ J •
3. The image of Xut, j^
Each of these is seated upon an mstrument for weaving.
The text reads: ^ Pfi J" | 1 ^ [^111
^AA/y^ AAAAAA i n AAAAAA
I I I n^^ I O III! I I
2^1
^«\AA^ AAAAA^
The Circle Tuat.
1 I I I ^
AA^vwv <=:=> , " Those who are in tliis picture are
A/VW\A *~^— -* U A^AAAA
" [seated] upon tlieir instruments for weaving, which
" are set firndy on their sand, according to the mystery
" which Horus made. This god crieth out to their
"souls in whatsoever regions they are, and there are
THE EIGHTH DIVISION — TEBAT-NETERU-S 1 73
" heard the voices of [those wlio are] sliut in this Circle
" which are like the sound of the swathed ones [when]
" their souls cry out to Ea. The name of this Circle is
" TUAT."
3. This Circle, which is called As-xeteru, uny CT^l
I , is entered through a door with the name of
I III'
Tes-akhem-baiu, — h— ® (^^ I , and in it are
^'^^^^ / Jr^ r
seated : —
d-k
f /
o
IR^
,fe> I g p;"^, 5^ rf-T V' ""^ ^ '^^ a Nil :^^
9 I
The Circle As-neteni,
1. Tlie imao'e of Osiris, ^^ i rv_ •
2. The imao-e of Isis, ^ I [I .
3. The image of HoRUS, ^ 1 ^^, hawk-headed.
Each of these is seated as l)efore. The text reads
-^^' I I I
I WyV\AA ,wv/^ J' fl AAA/VNA
I I II ^^^ 1 \> III I II
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, Those who are in this picture are [seated]
" upon their instruments for weaving, which are set
" firmly on their sand, according to the mystery which
"Horns made. This god crieth out to their souls in
" whatsoever regions thev are, and there is heard the
The Circle Aakebi.
"sound of the voices of [those who are] shut in this
" Circle, which is like imto the sound of men who
" lament when their soids cry out to Ea. The name of
" this Circle is As-xeteru."
4. This Circle, which is called Aakebi, (1 "^^
Jjj J is entered through a door with the
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name of Tes-sheta-thehex-xeteuu,
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1. The image of Ka-Amentet, "^ LJ ft, bull-lieaded.
2. The image of Ba-neteeu, "^ „i.'<^ TIT, ram-
headed.
0. The image of Eem-neteru, ^^ i ^^ | i , ram-
headed.
Each of these is seated as before. The text reads:
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" picture are [seated] upon their instruments for
" weaving, which are set firmly on their sand, according
" to the mystery which Horus made. This god crieth
" out to their souls in whatsoever regions they are,
"and there is heard the sound of tlie voices of those
" who are shut in this Circle, which is like unto the
"sounds of bulls and of other male animals when
" their souls cry out to Ra. The name of this Circle
" is Aakebi."
5. This Circle, which is called IS'ebt-semu-nifu,
I ^^ I XZH ,^ 1 , is entered through a door liaving
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the name of Tens - sma - kekiu, /vwwv ' ^ 'Y^ j
^^— ^ ^ "T^j ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ seated : —
1. The image of Khatpj, ^^ ^ (1 (J , ichneumon
headed.
2. The image of Affi, ^ h "^
headed.
3. The image of Arj-AXB-Fi,
ejnocephahis-headed.
<S=ct, animal-
J^
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JsP^^f lifers?
f^ — 1 m ,„ _, „ „,_-_..„__^
The Circle Xebt-semu-nifu.
Each of these gods is seated as Ijefore. The text reads :
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THE EIGHTH DIVISION — TEBAT-NETERU-S 177
" [seated] upon their instrunients for weaving, which
" are set firmly on their sand, according to the mystery
" which Horns made. This god crieth out to their
" souls in whatsoever regions they are, and there is
" heard the sound of the voices of those who are shut
" in this Circle, which is like unto the sound of those
" who make supplication through terror when their
" souls cry out to lia. The name of this Circle is
" Nebt-semu-nifu."
6. An open door, called Tes- IT^^yJ^^i^^^^^^^-^^:
KHAI15ITU-TUATIU, T T I ic '^^
i , beyond which is a goddess.
In the lower register are also
five Circles, and an open door, which
may Ije thus described : — •
1. This Circle, which is called
HeTEPET - NEB - s, c._a ^ I J
i
TTT ff
; 1
Tlio door Tes-khaibitu-
tuatiu.
IS
entered through a door having the name of Tet-se.m-
EiniEN-TA,
/-I — Si
in it are :-
1. A goddess standing upright, called AMEiM(?),
o<:=><
2. The serpent Mehex-ta,
3. Three arrows lying on the top of j[ j[ ; these are
the "arrows of lifi."
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178 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
4. A luui-headed god, seated on [ [ ', liis uame is
Neb-PvEKIIIT, <cr> <^^ 1 .
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'■ hrmly on their sand], according to the mystery which
'Horns, the heir, the young [god] made. This great
•god crieth out to their souls after he hath entered
■into this City of the gods who are upon their sand,
■and when this god crieth out to them in tlie two
'Atekti there is heard tlie somid of those who are
THE EIGHTH DIVISION — TEBAT-NETERU-S lyg
" shut in this Circle, which is like unto the voices of
" male cats when they cry out and their souls cry out
" to Ka. The name of this Circle is Hetepet-neb-s."
2. This Circle, which is called Hetemet-khemiu,
, is entered through a door having
the name Tes-Ea-kheftiu-f, — h— a k^=:_
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in it are : —
1. Nut, ^ , bearded and man-headed.
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The Circle Hetemet-khemiu.
2. Ta, ^ , bearded and man-headed.
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crocodile-headed.
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Those who are in this picture are [seated] upon their
instruments for weaving, which are set firmly on their
sand, according to the mystery which Horus made.
This god crieth out to their souls, in whatsoever
' regions they are in the two Aterti, and there is heard
the sound of the voices of those who are shut in this
Circle which is like unto the soimd of the confused
murmur of the living when their souls cry out to Ea.
The name of this Circle is Hetemet-khemiu."
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name of Tes-sekhem-aeu, ;;^k- I 0 Y
in it are four mummied gods, each with an instrument
for weaving in front of him, and tlieir names are : —
1. Hebset, IJ P ^ ^.
— « — ^
2. Senket, "^ Q.
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3. Tebat, ,=^^ 8 "i^ "^ .
4 Temtet, i^ ^^.
The text reads :
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" Those who are in this picture
" have their instruments for weaving before them, and
" they are set firmly on their sand, according to the
" mystery which Horus made. This god crieth out to
" their souls, in whatsoever regions they are in the two
" Ateeti, and there is heard the sound of the voices of
" those who are shut in this Circle, which is like unto
" the sound of the voices of those who go down to the
" l)attle-field of Nu when their souls cry out to Ea.
" The name of this Circle is Hap-semu-s."
4. This Circle, which is called Sehert - baiu - s.
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in it are four mummied tiods,
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each with an instrument for weaving in front of him,
and their names are : —
1. Keku,
2. Menhl
Ffq,
1
3. TCHEE-KHU,
4. KlIEBS-TA, ® J I
The Circle Seliert-baiu-s.
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" Those who are in this picture have their instruments
THE EIGHTH DIVISION — TEBAT-NETERU-S 183
■of weaving before thein, and they are set firmly on
•their sand, according to the mystery which Horns
•made. This god crieth ont to their sonls in what-
• soever regions tliey are in the two Aterti, and there
• is heard the sonnd of voices of those who are shut in
• this Circle, which is like unto the sound of the cry of
' the Divine Hawk of Horns when their sonls cry out
' to Ea. The name of this Circle is 8eiieet-baiu-s."
5. This Circle, which is called Aat-setekau, - — a
i4C
The Circle Aat-setekfiu.
n ^ "^ '^ II ' ' ' ' ^^ entered througli a
door
havino; the name of Tes-kiiu,
in it are four uraei, each of which rests upon its
instrument for weaving, and their names are :—
1. Aaket-akkii, (1 <==> Y.
2. PtErvIT-ANKII, ^s ^4^1'
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3. Neseut-ankhet, ^-\ -¥-
4. Septat-ankh, -V- 1
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Those who are in tliis picture are
[seated] on their instruments of
weaA'ing, and they are set firmly
on their sand. This god erieth
out to them in whatsoever
regions they are, and they shed
"light Ly means of their radiance [which cometh]
" from the depth of their mouths, but they do not
" come forth from their Circle ; and there is heard
" the sound of the voices of those who are shut in
" this Circle which is like unto the twittering of the
" whole of the birds of a nest of water-fowl when
" they cry out to Ea. Tlio name of this Circle is
" Aat-setekau."
The door Tes-amom-mit-
em-sheta-f.
THE EIGHTH DIVISION — TEBAT-NETERU-S 185
6. A door called Tes-amem-mit-em-sheta-f, — »—
o / \./
r~^;n . Beyond it is a
figure of the god Nu, 000, who appears to he over
the "chamber of destruction," -^^^ .
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CHAPTER IX.
THE NINTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH
IS CALLED BEST-ARIJ-ANKHET-KHEPERIT.
Haying passed through the Eighth Division of tlie
Tuat, the boat of the sun arrives at the Ninth
Division, which is passed through hy the sun during
the Ninth Hour of the night. The opening text
reads : —
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Tliis great god taketh up his place in this Circle,
NINTH DIVISION — BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU 187
" and he addresseth words from his boat to those who
"are in it. The divine sailors join the boat of this
" great god in this City. The name of the gate of this
" City through which this god entereth and taketh up
" his place on the stream which is in this City is Saa-
" EM-KEB ; the name of this City is Best-aru-ankhet-
" KHEPERU ; the name of the Hour of the night which
" guideth this great god is Tuatet-maketet-en-neb-s."
The line of text which runs above the upper register
reads : — -
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"The hidden Circle of Amentet, through whicli this
"great god travelleth and taketh up his place in the
" Tuat. If these things be made with their names
" after the manner of this figure which is depicted at
" the east of the hidden house of the Tuat, and if a
"man knoweth their names whilst he is upon earth,
" and knoweth their places in Amenti, [he sluiU attain
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" to] his own place in the Tuat, and he shall stand up
" in all places which belong to the gods whose voices
" (or, w^ords) are madt, even as the divine sovereign
" chiefs (tchatcha) of Ra, and the mighty ones of the
"palace (Pharaohs?), and [this knowledge] shall be of
" benefit to him upon earth."
In the middle register are: —
1. The boat of tlie sun, with the god Afu standing
under a canopy formed by the serpent Mehen.
The Boat of Afu, the deail Sun-god, in the Xinth Hour.
2. The Twelve Sailors of Efi, each of whom stands
upright, and liolds a paddle in his hands ; their names
are : —
1. Khennu,\^|. , i.e., "the sailor "parrareZ/t'Hrc.
2. Akiiem-sek-f,
3. Akhem-urt-f,
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NINTH DIVISION — BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU 189
Khennu. Akliem-sek-f. Akliem-urt-f. Akhem-hemi-f.
Akhem-hcp-f. Alihem-kheuies-f. Kheu-unnut-f. Hepti-ta-f.
Hetep-uaa,
Neter-ncteru. Tcha-Tuat.
Tepi.
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4. Akhem-hemi-f, (1 0 1\ \;^ 1^1^ -^
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6. Akhem-kiiemes-f,
7. Khen-u^'xut-f,
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9. Hetep-uaa,
10. ISTetepv-xeteku, I I I .
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12. Tepi, '^
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"This
"great god joiuetli those who will transport hiiii
" through this City, and his sailors join his boat
" wherein he is in his hidden form of Mehen. This
"great god addresseth words to the gods who dwell
" in this City, that is to say, to the gods who are the
"sailors of the boat of Ea and to those who will
" transport [him] through the horizon so that he may
" take up his position in the eastern Hall of heaven.
"Their work in the Tuat is to transport Ka through
" this City every day, and they take their stand by tlie
"stream in this City whereon [saileth] the boat, and
"it is they who give water with their paddles to the
" spirits who are in this City, and they sing hyunis to
"the Lord of the Disk, and they make to arise [his]
"Soul in his forms by means of their hidden words
" every day."
3. A bearded, man-headed hawk, wearing plumes
and horns on his head, seated on a basket or bowl ; his
name is MuTi-KiiEXTi-'ruAT, ^^ ^ rflk ^ ^^.
4. The ram-god ISTESTl-KiiENTi-'ruAT, couchant on a
basket or bowl.
192 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
5. The cow-goddess Nebt-au-khenti-Tuat, Ji
° ^ III
(tiller^-
6. A Leaided god, in mmuniied form, called Hetepet-
NETEK, (^3)^ 3, or HeTEPET-NETERU, „ ,, ,!,,,•
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Muti-khenti-Tuat.
The text which refers to these reads :
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" Those who are in this picture in this
" City are they who give offerings of food to the gods
" who are in the Tuat ; Ra decreeth for them loaves of
" bread and vessels of beer, and the gods journey on in
" the following of this great god to the Eastern horizon
" of the sky, with Hetep-neteru-Tuat [also] following
" him."
In the upper register are : —
1. Twelve gods, each of whom is seated upon the
symbol of linen swathings ; their names are : —
1. Neha-ta,
ra
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2. Teba,ci^ J^|.
3. Maati (or, Ariti)
4. Menkhet,
5. Hebs, IJ ^^ ^.
6. Nebti,
7. Asti-xeter, jj "^ ^'^ "1 .
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8. ASTI-PAUT
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9. Hetemet-khu, K [1 ^
Neha-ta.
Teba.
Maati.
Menkhet,
Hebs.
Nebti,
Asti-neter. Asti-paut.
D AAAM/VWi AVUWrt
Hetemet-khu. • Neb-Pat.
Temtu.
Men-5.
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10. Neb-Pat, d i
11. Temtu, <r-=^ ^"
12. Men-a, ^^
C^
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" the Tnat are seated firmly on their instruments for
" weaving, and they are in the form of the figures
" which Horus made. Ea saith to them : — 0 ye who
NINTH DIVISION — BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU I97
are swathed in your holy swathings, who are arrayed
ill your garments, whom Horus covered up when he
hid his father in the Tuat, which concealeth the gods,
uncover ye your heads, 0 ye gods, unveil ye your
faces, and perform ye the things which must be done
for Osiris ! Ascribe ye praise to the lord of Amentet,
and make ye your word madt against his enemies
every day. These beings are the tchatcha (i.e., divine
■ sovereign chiefs) of this god, and they avenge by their
■ words Osiris each day : and the work which they do
■ in the Tuat is to overthrow the enemies of Osiris."
2. Twelve goddesses, whose names are : —
r-vn
1. Perit
2. Shemat-khu,
3. Nebt-shat, ^""^
id
4. Nebt-shefsheft,
5. Aat-aatet,
6. Nebt-setau,
7. Hent-nut-s, 9
8. Nebt-mat,
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10. Aat-khu, I^ ^ '^ ^ ^ In*
11. Sekhet-metu, Y ^ 1 y^ 1 •
12. Netert-en-khentet-Ea, | <r:>
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" Those who are in this picture with their bodies of the
" Tuat are they who are in the forms which Horus
" made. This great god crieth out to them after he
" hath arrived at the place where they are, and they
" come to life and they hear [his] voice. Their work
" in the Tuat is to raise the praises of Osiris, and to
" embrace the hidden St)ul by means of their words,
"and to bring life and strength to the risings of the
"god of the Tuat [in whatsoever regions they are], and
" they utter words on [his behalf] in the chamber each
"day."
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Nebt-setau. Hent-nut-s.
Nebt-mat.
Teserl-ant.
Aat-khu.
Sekhet-motu. Nelcrt-cn-kheutot-Ra.
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In the lower register are : —
1. Twelve uraei, which are mounted each on its
instrument for weaving, and each pours forth fire from
its mouth ; their names are : —
1
2. Tekait, l j
4. Khut-Tuat, ,^. ^ ^^.
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5. Tertneshek, <=> rm
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6. Ap-shet, \/ ^^.
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8. Shex-ten-amm,
10. Aat-ai;u, — _i] "^ %
11. Nebt-uauau, ^ f] ^ f] ^ fi j •
12. Nebt-rekeh, P
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Above the uraei is a mutilated line of text, which,
according to IMaspero's restoration, reads: a^vva ^ i
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NINTH DIVISION — BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU 201
Tekait.
Khut-Tuat.
m- -*r
c»? 1 A '"T'l
Tertneshen.
Ap-shet.
Xnkhet.
Shen-ten-amm.
i-.^-ffiW.^i
Aat-aru. Kcbt-uauau. Ncbt-Eekcl.i.
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' of the uraei who kindle fires for the god who is the
' governor of the Tuat hy means of the fire which is in
' their Tnouths. They swallow their flames after this
' god hath passed by them." The text which refers to
them reads :
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" Those who are in this picture [are] in the Tiiat [and
" they have bodies of fire], and it is they who lighten
" the darkness in the Tuat for [Osiris] ... by means
" of the flames of fire which come forth from their
" mouths, [and it is they who bring about the destruc-
NINTH DIVISION — BEST-ARU-ANKHET-KHEPERU 203
" tioii of] those who are overthrown in the Tuat. It is
" they who drive back the serpents of every kind which
" are on the ground, and whicli are unknown in their
" forms to the god of the Tuat. They make themselves
" to live by means of the blood of those whom they hack
" to pieces each day [when] those advance who endow
" with magical power the dead by the mystery of their
" formulae. Those who know this shall see their magical
" formulae, and shall not pass through their flames."
2. Nine bearded gods, who stand upright ; each holds
the symbol of " life " in his right hand, and a staff, the
upper portion of which is in the form of a wrigglmg
snake, in the left hand. These gods are imder the
direction of a god in mummied form, whose name, or
description, is Heeu-her-she-tuati, NA^ ^ ciszi
-Jc "vX , i.e., " Horus who is over the lakes in the
^ _^ III'
Tuat." The names of the nine gods are : —
l.SEK„X,ll||V^(«.||||||).
3. Nehebeti, -^^ 9 J
4. TCAMrx,, 2^ ^
5. Neb-aatti, ^^z^ (1 ^
G. Heq-neteuu-f, I ^ I Jj
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1 1 1
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206
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7. Pan-afj,
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/vAAAAA
8. Teser-ari, ^^ H [j
9. AllA-SEKHET, .
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CHAPTER X.
THE TENTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT, WHICH
IS CALLED METET-QA-UTCHEBU.
Having passed through the Ninth Division of the
Tuat, the boat of the sun arrives at the Tenth Division,
which is passed through by the sun during the Tenth
Hour of the night. The opening text reads : —
i U AAAA/NA i AV\AAA ' '"^ ' ^ ^ I I AAAAAA A 47* A/VVWS I i — i I
D _ll U I III I U 1 ^ "nmmr ^^^ A^^ .M^ '=> I I \
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"This great god taketh up his place in this Circle,
" and he uttereth words to the eods who dwell therein.
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" The name of the door of this City through which this
" great god entereth is Aa-kherpu-mes-aeu. The name
" of this City is Metet-qa-utchebu. The name of the
" hour of the night which guideth this great god to
"the hidden paths of this City is Tentenit-uheset-
" KHAK-ABU."
In the middle register are : —
1. The boat of the sun, in which the god stands
under a canopy formed by the serpent Mehen ; he
The Boat of Af, the dead Suu-god, in the Tenth Hour.
holds the symbol of life in his right hand, and a
serpent, which serves as a sceptre, in his left.
2. A large two-headed serpent called Thes-heau,
^
I , which is depicted in the form of a pair of
horns deeply curved towards the ends where they
meet. The head which faces to the right has on it a
White Crown, and is directly opposite to the face of a
goddess, who also wears a White Crown, and is called
THE TENTH DIVISION — METET-QA-UTCHEBU 209
Hert-eement,
and the head which faces the
left has on it a Eed Crown, and is directly opposite to
the face of a o;oddess, who also wears a Eed Crown
and is called Shemerti, | | , i.e., " She of the two bows.
The serpent is provided with two pairs of legs ; one
pair is turned to the right and the other U) the left
Shemerti. The serpent Thes-hnVu. Hert-erment.
Within the curve is a large hawk, which Ijears the
name of Heru-khenti, 1;=^ rjTk.
3. A hoat, wherein lies at full length the serpent
Ankii-ta, -f- ' .
lis
Or, Khent-Heru, wl)icli became oue of the Dekaiis a,nioiig the
Gi'ecks, i.e., x<"''''«p; sec Maspero, op. cit., p. 127.
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J
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Sc- -i t^-—
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The serpcui Aukh-ta.
4. Four male figures, each of which has a disk, 0,
in place of a head ; each grasps in his right hand an
arrow, with a spear-shaped head, which rests on his
shoulder, and is pointed downwards ; their names
are : —
1. TEl'THld, ^ '^. 3. Te.mau, ^ %^.
2. Sheseha, ^^^^ ^. 4. Utu, ^ e^ ^ .
5. Four hearded, liunian-headed figures, each of
which lias in his right hand a short spear, whicli rests
lT^
Tepthra.
Shesera.
Temau.
Utu.
THE TENTH DIVISION METET-QA-UTCHEBU 211
on his shoulder, and is pointed upwards; their names
are:
1. Setu,
2. Ektau,
3. Khesefu, t v\ .
4. Sekennu, ^:iz^ Q .
Setu.
Khesefu.
Sekennu.
Pettki. Shemerthi.
Kha-a.
6. Four bearded, human-headed figures, each grasping
with both hands a bow, which he holds above his knees ;
their names are : —
1. rETTHi,
D
2. SlIEMERTIII,
?K TiiEsu, ^*°^ % ;
4. Kha-a, ^;1^
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The texts which refer to the above read: — 1. i^
J\
1
D
A/VAftAA
D
ni^l
I Y
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j ^ I, "This great god maketh his joimiey through
" this City, in this picture, in his boat, and his sailors,
" who are the gods, convey him along ; this [great] god
" taketh up his place in this City in the water, where-
" upon those who live in the water make use of their
" weapons, and they spring into life at the sound of the
" working of the sailors, who are gods, [in the boat of Ea]."
A/VWW.
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so
Those wlio are in this
" picture are they wdio are on the two sides of Thes-hrau,
" who is the son of Sekpj, the governor of the Tuat.
" This figure (i.e., the serpent) even in the form in which
" it is, travelleth after this great god into its horizon,
THE TENTH DIVISION — METET-QA-UTCHEBU 213
" and it entereth in with him in the earth every day."
P
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u
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AA/WV\
(fHi
" He who is in this picture in his hoat
" standeth up in the thick darkness in the Hall of the
" Eastern Horizon, and he taketh up his position in
" his place every day ; he formeth the serpent watcher
"of the Tuat in the holy place of Khenti-Amenti."
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I I 1 ! d? Jl I W J\ I /WWVA r-^^ i^ <=:^
^^
"To those who are in this picture with their arrows,
"and to those with javelins, and to those with their
" bows, who are in the presence of this great god, and
" who make their appearance with him in the Eastern
" Horizon of the sky, this great god saith : — Speed ye
" your arrows, make ready your javelins, bend your
" bows, and destroy ye for me my enemies who are in
" darkness ; be ye at the portal of your horizon, and
" follow ye in my train when I unite myself to those
" who make adoration to my flesh in the Mantit Boat.
" It is they who drive l)ack the Sebi serpent of
" Neha-hra in the thick darkness, and when this
" great god passeth on into the Eastern Hall of the
" horizon, they also travel on in the train of this god."
Over the upper register runs a line of text, which reads :
D
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THE TENTH DIVISION — METET-QA-UTCHEBU 215
V\\ aaA/v\a
Ji
_t_ -"^ "^^1^3^, "[Tliis i«] the hidden
" Circle of ximentet, where Kiieper imiteth himself to
" the form of Ea, and where tlie gods, and the spirits,
" and the dead hasten (?) in the hidden forms of AKEirr.
" If a copy of these things be made according to the
" figures which are depicted on the east of the hidden
"chamber of the Tuat, and if [a man] knoweth it,
"together with the names [of the gods], he shall
" journey round about and shall pass through the Tuat,
and he shall not be turned Imck from making himself
' a companion of Ra."
In the upper register are : —
1. The god Paxkhi, D ~^ flfl, who holds -¥■ in his
right hand, and t in his left.
2. A beetle, called Kheper-ankii, ® ^ ■¥-, apparently
pushing along a zone of sand, <=>, or perhaps entering
the horizon. The text whicli refers to these scenes reads :
1 D ^
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t . D ^^ "Those who are in this picture in tlie Tuat
A/vvvv\
are in the forms of (i.e., they represent) the births of
the god Kheper, wlio is carrying his horizon to this
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" City, SO that he may come forth into the Eastern
" Horizon of the sky."
3. Two serpents, standing on their tails, wliich cross
each other near their tips. Their heads and necks are
bent at right angles to their bodies, and in the space
between them rests a disk ; the serpents are called
P-riiikhi.
Kheper-aiikli.
Menbnui, ^> 11 V^ \\. To tlip right is a youthful
goddess wearing a White Crown, and to the left is a
similar goddess wearing a Eed Crown ; each holds the
index finger of one hand to her mouth, after the
manner of children, and each is depicted in the act of
sitting, but lacks a seat or throne.
o
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1'he Menenui serpents and the goddesses of the South and North.
'" ' ■ ' ^ ' Tt^i
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The axe of god and the solar disk
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4. All axe, symbol of " god," standing on the handle
end, with a disk resting on the side edge of the head.
On the left is a goddess who is steadying the axe
with her left hand, and on the right is a goddess
who is steadying the disk w ith her right hand ; the
names of the goddesses are ISTetheth, f=^, and Kexat,
(1 ^ j J respectively. Each goddess is depicted in
the act of sitting, but lacks a seat or throne. The text
which refers to these scenes reads
pi D * J
1-
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Of those who are in this picture [the two goddesses
' on] the left come forth from the double serpent
Manenui, and [the two] on the right come forth from
the axe Setfit. They gather together the souls on
earth, and they make pure tlie mighty spirits in the
Tuat by the hidden figures which are therein, and
[afterwards] they swallow their own spirits (or, souls)
after this great god hath passed them by."
5. Eight goddesses, who stand upright, and hold ■¥■
THE TENTH DIVISION — METET-QA-UTCHEBU 219
ill their right hands, and j in their left ; they face tlie
ape god, whose tail is stiftened out under him in such a
manner as to form a seat for hiin, and who holds the
utchat, or eye of the sun, on his two hands. The first
four of the goddesses have each the head of a lioness
and are called : —
1. Sekhet
■?-
2. Menkert,
lllmnit
^l \:^ '" B
Sekhet.
Menkert.
Huntheth.
Usrit.
3. Huntheth, | -^
4. Usrit, I (](]<=..
The remaining four have the heads of women, and have
the names of : —
1. Abet-neteru-s, \^'^ I '
2. Arit-Tatiieth,
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a a
o. Ahat,
4. Themath-eemen (?), «,
The name of the ape-god is Af(?)-ermen-maat-f,
\ O Concernina; the goddesses the text says:
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THE TENTH DIVISION — METET-QA-UTCHEBU 221
reckoning of his Eye for Horus in the Tuat, Ea saith : —
' ' Make ye strong your spirits by means of [your]
■ strength, and make the reckoning of his Eye for Horus,
■ stablish ye his Eye for Horus, and make ye Horus to
■ unite himself to his emanation (or, to that which
■ floweth from his eyes), praise ye Horus by reason of his
■ Eye, and stablish ye his tirst Eye which is in the
• hands of the god Af-eemen-maat-f, and utter ye your
' words on behalf of Horus, 0 ye who cause to come
^ ^
Af-ei-men-maat-f.
Ermenui.
Neb-aqet.
" into being the becomings of created things.' The work
" which they do in the Tuat is to utter words on behalf
" of his Eye for Horus, and to cause radiant splendour
" to proceed from it each day." ■
6. Eight gods, each of the first seven of whom holds
■^ in his right hand, and j in his left; their names
are : —
<f— ^
1. Ermenui, , who has the double object
in the place of a head.
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2. Neb-aqet, ^^zi:7 , jackal -headed.
3. Amen-khu, jj ^^s ^, hawk-headed.
4. Her-sheta-taui, r\r-\ '" , man-headed.
5. Sem-Heku, "^?^ ^^ , inau-headed.
6. Amen(?)-Heru, ^ ^^, mau-headed.
7. Khent-ast-f, -S3S. jj '^^=^, man-headed.
8. Kiient-me]st-f,=s3=. ^ ''»^=>-, a ffod in mummied
III ' "=
form, like Osiris, who wears a WTiite Crown,
and grasps a sceptre, j, with both hands,
which project from his bandages.
The text which refers to these gods reads: -^^ fT^
■ J] I □ ^ ^=. ^^: f] 1k 1 '
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r^^ n ^>~^ AAAA^^ ^ -* " I " I "
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1\
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1 I I A I <=>^u:i ^ \ \ \ E _m r A
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'' Tliose wlio are in this picture in the forms which
" Horus made — when this great god crieth out to them
THE TENTH DIVISION — METET-QA-UTCHEBU 223
Amen-khu,
Her-sheta-taui,
Sem-Herii.
o •
2 ««< o
Amen Heru. Khent-ast f.
Khont-meut f.
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" by their names, they unite themselves and come into
" life in the shades which are in the mouth of the great
" god, and their souls journey onwards in his train to
" the horizon. They strip the bodies of the dead of
" their swathings and break in pieces the bodies of the
"enemies [of Kfi], and they give the order for their
" destruction in the Tuat."
In the lower register are : —
1. The god Horus, hawk-headed and
wearing a disk, leaning on a staff.
2. Five^ lakes of water, in each of
which is submerged a male form ; these
figures are called the " submerged,"
o. Three ~ lakes of water, in each of
which is a male form swimming,
turned over on his breast : these are
called the "swimmers," (1 S (](] % i .
4. Four lakes of water, in each of which is a male
form floating on his back ; these are called the
"floaters," --^ (1 s=j'^ Ml "^ ' * ^^^^ ^^^^ ^'^^'^^'
oc^x
<^
o
ll^q^^lT./Jt^JT
' These should be four iu uumbei".
- These should be four iu number.
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A^^SAAA hN\r^sfK
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A/vv-,v>. The above text is full of
I I I
lacunae, and whole passages, consisting of several
lines, are wanting; the following version from Lan-
zone's edition (Le Domicile cles Esprits, pi. ii.) will
be found useful in obtaining an idea of the contents
of the legends which accompanied the lakes of water :
^
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•' Horus saith
" unto those who have plunged themselves beneath the
" waters, and unto those who swim, and unto those
" who float in Nu of the Tuat, ' 0 ye who have plunged
" yourselves beneath the waters, who shine in Xu, 0
"ye whose hands cover your faces, who swim with
"your faces turned towards the water in the Tuat,
" whose cheeks are filled with water, 0 ye who paddle
" in the waters of Nu, whose faces are turned up into
THE TENTH DIVISION — METET-QA-UTCHEBU 229
" the air in the following of your souls, whose souls
" have been deprived of their heavenly air, and who
" heat the air with your hands in order to obtain it,
" 0 make ye your way in Nu by means of your legs,
" and your thighs shall not lie in any way impeded.
" Come ye forth in this stream, descend ye on these
" waves, fill ye Hap-UE, and arrive ye at its furrows.
Iletemit.
Tchetmit.
Senthes.
"for your members shall not perish, and your flesh
" shall not decay, and ye shall have dominion over your
" water, and ye shall have abundance according to my
"command, 0 ye whose duty it is to dwell in Nu,
" together with those who have plunged themselves
" beneath the waters, and are in [his] following, and
" whose souls have life."
5. A lake of water.
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6. Four female figures, each bearing a serpent on her
head and shoulders ; the head of each reptile is raised
above the head of its bearer, and its tail hangs down
her back ; their names are : —
1. Hetemit, '^^5
2. Bekhkhit, J
Hut
Set-nehes.
3. TCHETMIT, ^^ y
4. Senthes, '^'wwv 1^
The text reads : ;& P V ' 1^
n R n I r\ aww\ ^ /^^/wv pa /c
^1
/VvWV\ /WWNA
111':^
THE TENTH DIVISION — METET-QA-UTCHEBU 23I
" Those who are in this picture are they whose forms
" (or, figures) live by their heads. It is they who shed
" light upon the road of Ea in the thick darkness, and
" when he cometh forth into the Hall of the East, Set
" waketh up and travelleth on with him."
7. A sceptre, f, surmounted by the head of Set ; its
name is Set-nehes, r-p I, i.e., "Set who wakens."
( 232 )
CHAPTER XI.
THE ELEVENTH DIVISION OF THE THAT, WHICH
IS CALLED RE-EN-QEEERT-APT-KHATU.
The Eleventh Division of the Tuat, which is passed
through by the Sun-god during the Eleventh Houe of
the night, is introduced by three lines of text, which
read : —
A/WW\ ^
v\
q I D
^
I lllllllll AiVNA/W AAAA/V\
I A/vwv\ ^-^ /wwv^
Zl
^L:n^5^i
D ^ ^ <=>K * jr'J^^ Lww^.
PJI^
^ Q
^^ -A- ^
J11l>
o ji I :?'c o
, " The Majesty of this great god taketh
" up his position in this Circle, and he addresseth
ELEVENTH DIVISION — RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 233
"words unto the gods
" who are in it. The
"name of the gate of
" this City through
" which this great god
"hath entered is
" Seken - TUATiu ; the
" name of this City is
" Re - EN - QEEERT - APT-
"KHATU; the name of
" the hour of the night
" which guideth this
" great god is Sebit-
" NEBT - UAA - KHESFET -
" SEBA-EM-PEET-F."
In the middle
register are : —
1. The boat of the
sun, in which stands
the god under a canopy
formed by the body of
the serpent Mehen ;
on his head are horns
and a disk. On tlio
high prow of the boat
is a disk, encircled
by a uraeus, which is
called Pestu, -— j^ .
The text reads:
The Boat of the Sun in the Eleventh
Division of the Tuat.
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I
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" god journeyeth on his way in the City in this picture,
" and his sailors, who are the gods, guide him into the
" eastern horizon of the sky. The star Pestet which
" is on its boat guideth this great god into the ways of
" the darkness which gradually lightens, and illumineth
" those who are on the earth."
2. Twelve gods, who march before the boat of the
god bearing the serpent Meiiex on their heads ; their
names are : —
1. Mehni, ^^
2. Semsem, -^ ^^ .
3. Sekhennu, © Q.
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4. Shetu, v\.
5. Ama, j\ ^ ^^ .
7. Eeta, ^^^1^ \
Amu,
Shepu.
Neteru.
Atlipi. Kriiicnu.
I'itp).
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8. Shepu, ^ D ^ .
9. Neteku, ^=^^ v\ .
10. Athpi, '^
11. Ermenu, <
12. FaC?), ^.
m I*
The text reads : ^^ i 1 1 0 ■
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^K I'-r^ ^ D ^ , " Those who are in
[O]
" this picture are in front of this great god, and they carry
" the serpent Mehen-ta on their heads into this City, and
" they travel onwards in the following of Ea into the
" Eastern Horizon of the sky. This god crieth unto them
" by their names, and he decreeth for them what they
" ha^e to do. And Ka saith unto them : — ' 0 ye who
"keep ward over your serpent-figures with your two
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Sem-Nebt-het.
Sem-shet.
hands, lift ye up your heads, whose hands are strong,
whose feet are firm, who perform the journe}'ings
' which ye are bound to make, who make long your
■ steps as ye go, unite ye yourseh'es to your offerings in
■ the Hall of the Eastern Horizon.' Their work is to
■ make the serpent Mehen to travel to the Eastern Hall
' of the Horizon, and they unite themselves to their habi-
' tations after tliis great god hath passed through the
' darkness and hath taken up his place in the liorizon."
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3, The serpent Sem-shet, "'^^i . On his back
rests the Eecl Crown, and in an angle of it is a human
head.
4. The serpent Sem-nebthet, ^^>i Tj . On his back
rests the White Crown, from each side of which
projects a bearded human head. The text reads :
c^ — "^ cz:zi ^ s\ ~"*~ i=s=i — a ^
x-p^ I MM ® ^ , " [These are] the hidden images of
" Horus which are at the second door of the tliick
" darkness, [on] the holy road to Sait (Sais). When
" this great god crieth out to them (i.e., to the two
" serpents) these hidden heads make their appearance,
" and then they swallow their own forms (i.e., they
" disappear)."
5. Neith of the phallus, ^ , wearing the Eed
^ ("=0)' ^
Crown.
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6. Neith of the Eed Crown, V, wearing the
Eed Crown.
7. Neith of the White Crown, / ) , wearing the
White Crown.
, wearing the White
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AAAAAA
8. Neith the Young,
Crown. The text reads :
D
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I I I
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AAftAAA
I AAAAA^ AAAAAA
. ., WVAAA II isM\fV\^ /WWV\
A 1jIII^'=^0 ^ III
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" Those who are in
Neith the Youn
Neith of the Neith of the
White Crown. Hed Crown.
" this picture of [this] door [are] in the form which
" Horus made ; when this god crieth out to them
" by their names they spring into life at the sound
" of his voice, and it is they who guard the holy
"gate of the city of Sait (Sais), which is unknown,
"and cannot be seen, and cannot be looked at."
Above the upper register is a line of text, which reads
^ c^ I vv I w , ^ -^ c^ Q ^ 1=] I D <^ <rr>
. LTZD D D -/^ I A/^wvN I <=:=>
^
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J AAAAAA AAAAAA
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Sf ^ III ^
I D -^^ W
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D ;
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^ -===^ • , " [This is] the hidden Circle
" of the Tuat through which this god maketh his
"journey so that he may come forth into the Eastern
" Horizon of the sky ; it swalloweth eternally its images
"(or, forms) in the presence of the god Eekh(?), who
" dwelleth in this City, and then it giveth them to
" those who are Ijorn and come into being in the earth.
" Whosoever shall make an exact copy of these forms
" according to the representations of the same at the
"eastern [portion] of the hidden Palace of the Tuat,
"and shall know it, shall be a spirit well equipped
" both in heaven and earth, unfailingly, and regularly
" and eternally."
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In the upper register are : —
1. The god Aper-hi!a-neb-tchetta, d
above whose body, at the neck, is a disk from which
proceed two human heads, the one wearing the "White
Crown and the other the Red Crown; in his right
hand he holds the sceptre 1, and in the left the
ELEVENTH DIVISION — RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 24I
emblem of "life," ■¥-. The text reads:
1 /
■A
I D
I AftAAAA
A
0
^ j^
ll^, "He who is in this picture standeth up for Ra,
" and he never departeth from his place in the Tuat."
2. A huge serpent, with two pairs of human feet and
legs, and a pair of large wings. By
its side stands a god with a disk ; : v ■ V :V>: v^ :'v! ■ ' '• -v'/ ■
upon his head, and on each side of
his head is an utchat, '^^; his
hands are stretched out at right
angles to his body, and each hand
touches the end of one of the
serpent's wings. The text reads :
^
^i^vf=T:n'"
The god Aper-hni-neb-
tchetta.
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When this U'od crieth out to him that is in
" this picture, the form (or, image) of the god Tem pro-
" ceedeth from his back ; but afterwards it swalloweth
" itself (i.e., disappeareth)." The words -4- T ,
&c., may form the name of the winged serpent.
3. A serpent, witli a mummied god seated on his
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Ijack ; above the
god is written
" TcHET-s," i.e., "its
body," and by the
tail of the serpent
is Shetu, "^.
The text reads :
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Ifi^^k
I I I
:±^ I
1'"
TCIIET-S
I I I I
" herself is above
" the stars (i.e., the
" eight stars which
"are about the
"heads of the two
"serpents); her
" work is to cast
" the living ones to
" Eu every day ; she
" then swalloweth
ELEVENTH DIVISION — RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 243
" her forms in this City of the Eleventh Hour, [and
" she is] one of those who follow the god."
4. The god Tepui, §, i.e., the "Two-headed"; one
head faces to the right and the other to the left.
5. The god Khnem-renit, <^ ^"^^^ flfl ^=^5 ram-headed,
holding I in his right hand, and -V- in his left.
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G. The god Nerta, <=> ^
with both hands raised in ^^^''^■•-^i::^-"i'-^-''-v'
adoration.
7. The ffod Aaui-f-em-kha-
nef.
A^AAA^J who has
two snakes' heads in the place
of a human head ; his hands
and arms are concealed.
8. The god Apt-taui, \/
; his hands and arms are
concealed.
9. The god Mer-en-aaui-f, H
to the preceding.
10. The god Au-en-aaui-f, (] % —
form.
11. The god Keset-afu (?), ^ o ' 5
The god Tepui.
in form similar
in similar
in similar form.
12. The god Tua-Heru, ^
in similar form.
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13. The god Maa, ^ ,
14. The god Mesekhti,
15. The god Hepa, § ° .
The text which refers to tliese reads : ^^
•^
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• - . '■'■■.'. ..>l. .'j. .''"'. '■?:••.■■•■•■;■'. '•■'..•
k lA
Ml ^i r=^
Tesetafu.
Au-en-aaui-f.
Mer-en-aaui-f.
Apt-taui.
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Metekbti.
Mail.
Tua-Hcru.
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p/y^l Y(?) AAAAAA 7V ^. Q A/WW\
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, "Those who are in this
"picture doth this great god call by their names,
" [saying] : — ' My hidden appearances and my secret
" radiance cause your life, 0 ye who advance to your
" shadows, who are free to move or are shrouded in
" respect of the arms by the Form in his holy places,
"whose breaths are of the utterances of my mouth,
" which giveth life and ye speak therewith, whose
" offerings are on my boat whereon your souls li^■e, ye
"who have water at the source (?) of Nu wherein the
" dwellers in the Tuat wash with shouts of joy, perform
" that which it is your right to do, and let your souls
" be in the following of [my] created things.' Their
" work in the Tuat is to make to advance the hidden
" things of this great god to the hidden House each
" day when they appear with this great god in the
" upper heaven."
16. A goddess, seated un the backs of two serpents,
ELEVENTH DIVISION — RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 247
r I
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=, a <^^, Q ' -^ '
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q ^ J jj«ww«i ^vwvUvi ^:=t :g'=fi _^i_ III
■ ( t I I, —
Nebt-khu.
Nebt-ilnkhiu.
Ij^ Ci —
I
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A'^^V'-'^'iAV^ I I I
Mer-cut-neteru.
Ncrt-iilnii.
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which lie side by side, and appear to issue from her
feet ; her left hand grasps the body of one serpent, and
her right is held up before her face. Her name is
Nebt-ankhiu, •¥■ I . In front of her are three
other goddesses, who are similarly seated ; their names
are Nebt-kiiu, ^^ 1 , ISTert-abui, <=> \ \ ,
and Mer-ent-neteku, a^/vaw | . The text reads :
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/>^A^AA 0 ^ I I I I 1 S
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" Those who are in this picture have their arms on the
" earth and their feet and legs in the darkness. When
" this great god crieth to them in their own bodies,
" they utter cries ; they do not depart from their
" places, but their souls live in the word of the forms
" which come forth from their feet every day. When
" the shades appear, the winds which are in the Tuat
" cease from the faces of these goddesses."
In the lower register are : —
1. Horus, hawk-headed and wearing a disk, leaning
ELEVENTH DIVISION — RE-EN-QERERT-APT-KHATU 249
With his right % ^ J-g i
shoulder upon a 1 k 9^ ^~
long staff, and hold- "~^ "
ing in his left hand
a boomerang, one
end of which is in
the form of a ser-
pent's head.
2. A huge ser-
pent, called the
" Everlasting Set,"
standiny;
Horus and the serpent Set-liel.i.
upon his tail.
3. A large pit, with a vaulted roof, filled with fire,
of Ea are being
wherein " the enemies," -^^^ ^ , ,
consumed; the name of the pit is Hatet-ketits,
Q a.
The pit of fire, I.Iatet-ketits.
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The pit of fire, Hatet-hanta-s.
i;:^ and is presided over
by a goddess with the
head of a lioness, who
holds in her hands a
large knife, and pours
fire into it from her
mouth.
4. A smaller pit,
with a vaulted roof,
filled with fire,
wherein " the enemies " are being consumed ; the name
F=q "W (^£] l(?),
and it is presided over by a goddess with a human
head, who holds in her hands a large knife, and
pours fire into it from her mouth.
5. A pit similar
to the above, \ £
wherein "the souls," 4 f
6<^ j, are
consumed ;
' ' ' rt •
being
the name of the
pit is Hat-nekenit,
and it is presided
over by a goddess
as in No. 4.
The pit of fire, Hat-nekenit.
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6. A similar pit, wherein " the shades (or, shadows) "
are being consumed ; the name of the pit is Hat-
NEMMAT-SET, "^ F^^^ [^ 1^, and it is presided
.over by a goddess as in No. 4.
7. A similar pit, wherein " the heads,"
^^
are
being consumed; the name of the pit is Hat-sefu-s,
k 1
The pit of fire, Hat-nemmat-set.
Tlie pit of fire, Hat-sefu-s,
=^z;] A^^ 1 I and it is presided over by a goddess
as in No. 4.
8. A very large pit, with a vaulted roof, filled with
fire, in which are immersed, head downwards, four
male figures; the name of this pit is Ant-sekhetu,
ci © Y\ I , i.e., "the valley of those who are
turned upside down."
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9. Four goddesses, each one with the sign for
" eastern desert " on her head ; their names are : —
1. Pesi,
D
2. Eekhit,
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holding a
3. Her-shau-s.
4. Sait, "^(jlj^.
10. The god Her-utu-f, f=^
sceptre, 1, in his left hand, and the sign of "life," •¥•,
in his right.
The text reads: ] Ifl M ' 1
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Her-shau-s.
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The god Her-utu-f,
Salt.
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" The Majesty of this god uttereth the decree, [say-
" ing] : — ' Hack in pieces and cnt asunder the bodies
" of the enemies and the members of the dead who
"have been turned upside down, 0 my father Osiris
" and let me come forth from it. ]\ly
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" father having [once] been helpless hath smitten you,
" he hath cut up your bodies, he hath hacked in pieces
" your spirits and your . souls, and hath scattered in
"pieces your shadows, and hath cut in pieces your
"heads; ye shall never more exist, ye shall be over-
" thrown, and ye shall be cast down headlong into the
" pits of fire ; and ye shall not escape therefrom, and
" ye shall not be able to flee from the flames which are
" in the serpent Set-heh.
" ' The fire of Hert-kettut-s is against you, the
" flames of Hekt-hatu-s are against you, the blazing
"heat of Hert-nemmat-s is against you, Hert-sefu-s
" is against you, and she stabs at you, and hacks you
" in pieces, and cuts you up in such wise that ye shall
" never again see those who are living upon the earth.'
" As for those who are in this picture in the Tuat, it
" is the Majesty of Heru-Tuati who giveth the order
" for their slaughter each day.
"Those who are in this picture, who are depicted
"with the enemies of Osiris of the Tuat, and with
" Her-utu-f, who is the guardian of this Circle, live by
" means of the voice of the enemies, and by the cries of
" entreaty of the souls and shadows which have been
" placed in their pits of fire."
( 256 )
CHAPTER XII.
THE TWELFTH DIVISION OF THE TUAT,
WHICH IS CALLED THEN-NETEEU.
The Twelfth Division i of the Tuat, which is passed
through by the Sun-god during the Twelfth Hour of
the night, is introduced by three lines of text, which
read : —
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See Lanzone, Domicile, pL v.
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"The Majesty of this great god J^ ^^ L^-^
"taketh up his position in this ^Z~L
" Circle, which is the uttermost
"limit of thick darkness, and this
"great god is born in his form of
"Khepera in this Circle, and Nut T^ ^-^ ^^
limit of thick darkness, and this t ^_
" and Nu are in this Circle for the
" birth of this great god when he ^-jr' "j^q '^ ^
" Cometh forth from the Tuat and ^^ ^^ ' J
I ; « ■ • '^ — •*'
" taketh up his position in the ^^ ^2P — •-
"Matet Boat, and when he riseth J^ ^ "7%
" up from the thighs of Nut. The "o^ "^ ^^
o
" name of the Gate of this City is ===? .
" Then-neteru. The name of this 9x^7 Q^ l"^
" City is Kheper - kekiu - khau - ^ ^> *=^
" MESTU. The name of the hour of Fppy'jlli — -
" the night wherein this god cometh ^V^ ^J^ p i »
" into being is Maa-nefert-Ea." v^| g"*"" 'Vj,
Above the whole scene is a line ^^ yi^ ^=*-
of hieroglyphics, which describes nr r-i o^^
it as : — r-=» C\-.
IJfi^
iil@
^
^i— JD fit ill
1' °"^%^^n^^^c ^^^^
I AAAAAA fl J^ <=> I Ji ^ f"^ -^tp iTl fl[^
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Mm\
D ^
. ® I I s
" The hidden Circle in the Tuat wherein this great
" god is born ; he cometh forth into the pool of Xu,
"and he taketh up his place in the body of Xut.
" AVhosoever shall make a copy thereof according to
" the copies which exist in writing upon the east [wall
~i A A /\. •►
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Tlie Boat of the Sun in the last Lour of the Night.
" of] the palace, and shall know it upon earth, it shall
" act as a magical protector for him both in heaven and
" upon earth."
In the middle register are : —
1. The boat of the sun, in which stands the god
under a canopy formed by the body of the serpent
IMehen : on his head are horns and a disk. In the
fore part of the boat is the beetle of Khep[k]a, ® [] ,
THE TWELFTH DIVISION — THEN-NETERU 259
i.e., Khepera, which takes the place of the solar disk that
rested on the prow of the hoat in the Eleventh Hour.
The text reads :
im
^^>»
nsu
° r
.tr-"
1
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j:^ aaaaaa
1 ^
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D
a
" This great god in this picture journeyeth along
" through this City by means of the faithful servants
" (icmkliiu) of this hidden image Ankh-neteru. His
" gods draw him along by a cord, and he enteretli into
" his tail and cometh forth from his mouth, and cometh
" to the birth under the form of Khepera, and the gods
" who are in his boat [do] likewise. He taketh up his
" place on the face of the hidden image of the horn (or,
" forehead) of the sky at the end of the thick darkness,
" and his hands seal up the Tuat. Then this great god
" taketh up his position in the Eastern Horizon of
" heaven, and Shu receiveth him, and he cometli into
'' beiny; in the East."
260 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
2. Twelve gods, who are occupied in towing along
the boat of the Sun, each with his head turned behind
him and looking at the boat ; their names are : —
1. Heku, vSs^ .
2. Shemsu,
3. Thena, ^"^^ f\ .
4. Beq, J /i,
5. Au-ANKHIU-F, (Ic-') V\ "¥"
6. Sebehu-f, PJ I I '^-^ .
7. Aha-eer, y
8. Amkhui, ^ ^.
9. Neb-amakh, ^^37 -^.
10. Seki(?),
11. Heq-nek-mu, I
12. Au,(]^.
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The text which refers to these reads : ^^ '^'^■^'^
AAftAAA
^/V^A^ ^ I AA/\AAA I '^ 1 _Cr\^ «iJ N> " 1 I I
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lll^l I iJ^I S^37_S3^ J\ nil I
^ _2I III D !• A^A/VW 1 LI I <» ' ^ _Cr^ U ^/\A/V\A I
1
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"Those who are in this picture draw this great god
"through the tail (or, bowels) of the serpent Ankh-
"neteru. The loyal servants of Ea who are in his
" following are the product of his hands, and they are
" born on the earth each day after the birth of this
"great god in the eastern portion of the sky. They
" enter into this hidden image of Ankh-neteru in
" the form of loyal servants, and they come forth in
"the renewed forms of Ea every day. "When they
" tarry upon the earth it is an abomination to them to
" utter the name of the god."
3. The monster serpent Ka-em-ankh-neteru,
Mf'li-
4. Twelve goddesses, who are occupied in towing
the boat of the sun through the body of the serpent
Ka-em-ankii-neteru ; each has her head turned behind
her, and is looking at the boat. Their names are : —
1. Stat, ~^.
2. Kheru-utciiat, '^^00
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3. Khet, J Q .
4. Spekt-neter-s, ""^^ "1 n .
5. Nebtamt, h -jl-.
6. ISTeb-tciietta, ^^37
7. Heiii,|o(](J;;.
8. Ankhet-ermex, -¥-
^T~~^
9. Kherlt-tep (0' 1 m ^"-^ •
10. Hetep-em-khut-s, V\ ^-^
11. Uet-neter-s, lU^ j I.
12. Teser-abt, — h— 7|< o .
The text relating to the serpeut reads : -^^ "^^^^ \\
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264 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
" who are here are they who have their bodies, and
" they come forth in the following of this great god
" into heaven. This is the hidden image of the
"serpent Ankh-neteru, which is by his den in the
" Tuat, and he resteth in [his] place every day. This
" great god speaketh to him in [his] name of Na,
" [and the space covered by] his forepaws and legs is
" one thousand three hundred cubits long ;
" he liveth upon the sound of the rumblings
" of the earth. The servants who are loyal to his
" service come forth from [his] mouth every day."
The text relating to the twelve goddesses reads :
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" towing rope of the lioat of Ea when it cometh forth
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" from the serpent Ankh-neteru, and they tow this
" great god into the sky, and lead liim along the ways
" of the upper sky. It is they who make to arise in
" the sky gentle winds and humid breezes, and it is
" they who order those who live [upon earth] to place
" themselves in the great boat in the sky."
In the upper register are : —
1. Twelve goddesses, each of whom stands upright,
and bears on her shoulders a serpent which belches
forth fire from its mouth ; their names are : —
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" Those who are in this picture
" with their own bodies, and from whom their uraei
" emerge, are in the following of this great god when
" he setteth out for this City. They follow after this
"god, and the Hames which issue from their mouths
" drive away Apep on behalf of Kii into the Hall of
" the East of the Horizon. They journey round about
" the upper heavens in his following [remaining] in
" their places, and they restore these gods after this
" great god hath passed by the hidden chamber of the
" sky, and then they take up their positions [again] in
" their own abodes. They give pleasure to the hearts
" of the gods of Amentet through Ra-Heru-khut, and
" their work upon the earth is to drive away those who
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" are in the darkness by the flames of their uraei which
" are behind them, and they guide Ra along, and they
" smite Apep for him in the sky."
2. Twelve gods, each of whom stands upright, and
has both hands raised in adoration before him ; their
names are : —
1. jSTeb-ankh, ^z:7 -V-.
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" in the Hall of the east of the sky. They say unto
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" hirth, who dost bring into being [thine own] being,
" [lord of] homage of every soul , Heaven be-
" longeth to thy soul, which taketh up its place therein,
" and the earth belongeth to thy body, tliou lord of
" homage. Thou sailest over the Horizon, thou takest
" up thy place in thy shrine, the gods in their bodies
" praise thee ; descend thou into the sky and take thou
" thy two souls through thy magical protectors.' The
" work of these gods in the Tuat is to praise this great
" god, and they stand in this City and they count up
"(or, verify) the gods of the country of Mafket (i.e.,
" Sinai). They descend (?) to eartli [before] Ea after
"he hath taken up liis position in the sky and doth
" rise upon the eyes of mankind in their circles."
In the lower register are : —
1. The god Nu, 000, holding 1 and ■?- in his left
and right hand respectively.
THE TWELFTH DIVISION — THEN-NETERU 271
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4. The goddess Heijut, || %^ ^ , holding 1 and -?-.
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and holding a paddle.
8. The god Ni, aw^aa (1 (1 ^ with the heads of two birds,
and holding a paddle.
9. The deity Nesmekhef, ^"^ ^\ ® , in the
272 THE BOOK OF AM-TUAT
form of a serpent, which pours forth fire from its
mouth.
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and holding a paddle.
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headed, and holding a paddle.
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adoration ; their names are : —
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" Their work is to hold up the Great Disk in the Eastern
" Horizon of the sky every day. Behold the serpent
" Senmekhef which burnetii up the enemies of Ea at
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" after this great god hath journeyed by it : — ' Life [to
" thee], 0 thou who art over the darkness ! Life [to
" thee] in all thy majesty I Life [to thee], 0 governor
" of Amentet, Osiris, who art over the beings of
" Amentet ! Life to thee ! Life to thee ' 0 thou wlio
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" the sky, and Keb-ur cometh forth in the earth in
" this image."
24. The end of the Tuat, which is represented by
a semi-circular wall or border formed of earth and
stones, or perhaps granite. At the middle point of
this border is the disk of the sun which is about
to rise on this world, and joined to it is the head
of the " image of Shu," ^'?>^ [) , with his arms stretched
out along the rounded border of the Tuat. Above his
head is the beetle, symbol of Khep[er], ^ ^ , who has
emerged from the boat of the Sun-god, and below is
the " image of Af ," '^^ (^ , that is to say, the body of
the night Sun-god, which has been cast away.
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